Gandhi

             Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi should be the man of the century because he established the freedom of his country by the means of a nonviolent revolution. He later became a leader in a complicated conflict known as the Indian campaign for home rule. Afterwards, he constructed new civil-disobedience campaigns in opposition towards the British. Then Gandhi became the leader in the Indian struggle for independence.
             Mohandas Gandhi in the event occurring after World War I, Gandhi became a leader in the fight towards the Indian campaign for home rule. While pleading in favor of Satyagraha, Gandhi launched his movement of passive resistance to Great Britain. Following the Rowlatt Acts (giving the Indian colonial authorities back up powers to deal with revolutionary activities), Satyagraha extended through India, gaining more and more followers. British soldiers slaughtered as a result of a demonstration against the Rowlatt Acts. Gandhi in 1920, certified an organized campaign of noncooperation when the British government declined to make amends. The economic aspects of Gandhi's swaraj movement were significant, the exploitation of Indian villagers by British industrialists had an outcome of extreme poverty in the country. Gandhi's response was the revival of cottage industries. His political and spiritual hold in India was powerful enough that British authorities did not dare interfering with him. In 1921, the Indian National Congress gave Gandhi complete executive authority which included the right of naming his own successor. A series of dangerous revolts against Great Britain was a sign that Gandhi's civil-obedience campaign was a failure. He soon after ended it and was placed in prison by the British government in 1922 and two years later he was released. In 1930, Gandhi certified a new campaign of civil disobedience which called upon the Indian population to stop paying taxes especially on salt. During this...

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