Gandhi
Gandhi led Indian nationalists through pain and sacrifice to achieve emancipation from the British Empire that suffocated them of their right to live freely. The British Raj began in 1858, and ended in 1947. Gandhi’s passive resistance movement was successful because of his intentions to speak through the morals of God, the gruesome nature of the way that nationalists were treated, and the actual truth of the situation.
Gandhi’s passive resistance movement was successful because he applied the philosophy of his ideologies to his movement. This gave his position more power because more people were able to relate to his idea of truth. He says, “My religion is based on truth and nonviolence. Truth is my God. Nonviolence is the means …show more content…
If truth itself is his god, then what he is ultimately saying is that the discovery of the truth comes when one is nonviolent, and he lives his life based on those virtues. Gandhi broadens the perspective of religion when he says, “The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different. (Document A)” In this quote, he is saying that all religions has the same sort of nature and different practice. In both quotes, he refers to the word religion. Religion in the first quote means morals, and in the second quote, it is used more literally. But collectively, they refer to a way of life. This concept invites more people to follow his movement in a relatable way, because his philosophy is simply that everyone has a different approach in how to live, but everyone works towards a similar type of truth. More people are likely to want their truth to be peaceful and nonviolent, so his position has more power.
Gandhi’s passive resistance movement required the sacrifice of many nationalists safety because they were instructed to not fight …show more content…
The most taxed item was Salt. A simple commodity that could be made in their own homes, but was banned. This eventually led to the Salt Act which gained popularity and gave a large portion of the world perspective on Indian nationalists struggle. People could see that India was in the right of way to protest the British and take action against what had been done to them. V. J Patel finalized the relationship between India and the British when he said, “All hope of reconciling India with the British Empire is lost forever.(Document A)” In this quote, he is saying that there is no justification for what the British had done, so their relationship was damaged forever. Both pieces of evidence show that the British mistreated the people of India to impossible feats. They forced them under their rule, destroyed much of their historical identity, and demanded a way of life from them that contradicted their religion, and moral standards. Indian nationalists were not just fighting for their independence, they were fighting for the existence of their