Freedom and independence, do these words have any significant meaning concerning one's life? To the people of India, freedom and independence were the meanings of life and the goals to be achieved. British had controlled India for centuries, giving the people of India a terrible life to live. The white settlers took advantage of the submissive Indian minorities, for instance they would make Indians move out of trains so they would have a seat to sit in. British also controlled the imported goods sold in India; clothes were one of the major goods that India bought that helped the economy of Britain. India was ruled by the British, over time the British became more and more powerful while the people in India became weaker and weaker.
             While under British rule, India was given no choice but to follow strict regulations such as paying a heavy tax on salt. Because the British had a royal monopoly on the manufacture of salt in India, the people of India were unable to afford the high prices, and that lead to increasing levels of starvation and poverty. The country believed that a change for the better was needed. One man led the fight for the people of India to break away from the rulings of the British. He believed that the British's rule over the salt industry was one of Britain's key ways of controlling the Indian people. This man is considered one of the most significant people in history; he was Mahatma Gandhi.
             Mahatma Gandhi was a courageous man, who employed a very important strategy for himself and India which he obeyed his whole life: never to use violence, even if others would use violence against him. Having studied law in London to become a lawyer, he was a very well educated man who used his knowledge and strategy of nonviolence to fight for India's independence from Britain. Gandhi became the speaker for the entire nation of India. It is very critical to make this known to Lord Irwin, bec...