What did ghandi do?

Question

i heard that world war 2 made britain weak financially so they had to leave india. so what did gandhi do?

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi freed a billion people and defeated the greatest Empire in history.
so what if britain was weak? they could have sold all our resources and earned cash. Winston Churchill never wanted to let India go. when britain could keep colonies for as long as the 1980s, why let India go???
because Indian Nationalism was at its height: people wanted freedom, people wanted the british to leave, people wanted Poorna Swaraj. why? because Mahatma Gandhi unified them: he made caste, creed, colour, religion all irrelevent. that's what the Mahatma did.
truly, u have reiterated what albert einstein said when the Mahatma died: "generations ahead will scarcely belive that a man like Mahatma Gandhi walked upon the earth." they would question his greatness. they would forget the price our fore-fathers paid for Independence

Answer 2

If he did nothing and he was not capable of anything, how do you explain the mighty British govt could not stop him from his nation-wide Satyagraha ? Why was he was the most-important invitee to Round Table conf in UK ?

Frankly, I think WW2, Gandhi & other freedom fighters and world opinion and events - all contributed to British decision to leave India. The pressure, both from inside India and rest of the world, was ever increasing to give up. And they had already looted all they could ?!

Answer 3

He ended up getting assassinated for one. He stood for liberation of women, elevation of the poor and led disobedient action of salt tax. He unified the Indians... I think he was a level thinker he just clashed with the Brits of that day.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

South Asians were forced to watch their wealth, human rights, and culture erode under British rule. Of course, many of them were unhappy, but in the face of the rich and powerful British, what could they hope to do?
The longing for independence was strong, but it took a brilliant leader and his unusual approach to resistance to finally restore South Asian rule to South Asians.

The direct approach — military rebellion against the British — had proved a bloody failure. Although native Indians did at times make small gains, it seemed that the British kept on wringing more wealth from their colony at every turn.

In 1885, though, 73 native men from all over India formed the Indian National Congress. This organization became the heart of the movement for Indian independence and quickly attracted many followers.

In fact, by the third year of its existence, the Indian National Congress comprised 300 members. The Congress had very few Muslims in its ranks, which consisted mostly of Hindus. Muslims interested in achieving independence from European rule eventually formed the MUSLIM LEAGUE.

In addition to its powerful army, Britain wielded economic might in its effort to keep native South Asians obedient. By selling goods manufactured in Britain to South Asian workers and citizens, the British ensured that money would continue to flow into their own pockets and that the South Asians would remain poor and dependent.


A man of peace and prayer, Gandhi's message touched the world.


The SWADESHI MOVEMENT arose to break British economic domination. Followers of the movement urged native South Asians to avoid buying products and goods made by the British and brought to India from overseas. Instead, they urged South Asians to buy clothing, food, and other items from their neighbors or to make such things themselves.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, the British were terrified by the Swadeshi Movement. They knew that their hold on India would last only as long as they maintained economic control over the people of India, and the Swadeshi Movement threatened that control

The Great Soul
One believer in the Swadeshi Movement was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, one of the greatest philosophers and leaders the world has ever known. Born in 1869 in the Indian region of Porbandar, Gandhi traveled to London to get a law degree. He later moved to South Africa to work as a lawyer for Indian merchants based there.
Gandhi came from a wealthy background, but in South Africa he came fact to face with the suffering and poverty of underprivileged peoples. White South Africans imposed harsh taxes on Indians in order to make sure the Indians did not become too powerful politically.


The work of Gandhi and others to oppose this discrimination met with only limited success, but it led him to begin to develop his ideology of nonviolent resistance.

He called his idea SATYAGRAHA, which means "insistence on truth" in Sanskrit. He believed that injustices such as those practiced by white South Africans against others were so blatantly wrong that, simply by living and working according to one's own principles, one could change and ultimately overcome one's oppressors without ever resorting to violence. By putting this philosophy into practice, Gandhi and his followers managed to soften some of South Africa's racist laws.


In 1915, Gandhi returned to India, where he immediately started helping the most oppressed and poverty-stricken Indians. Native peasant farmers, cloth-mill workers, and the like found a staunch ally in Gandhi, who earned their trust quickly. Before long, he had a very large following among the poor, who granted him the title MAHATMA, which means "Great Soul" in Sanskrit. Soon, a terrible event pressed Gandhi toward urgency.

Answer 6

Non Violence action

Answer 7

that is the logic he did nothing...