What were the steps that Gandhi used in order to help India secure independence from Great Britain?
A little before India could gain its independence their system of government was a from of Dyarchy. The British controlled finance, order and law and the Indians controlled agriculture, health and education. In 1919, during the beginning of the First World War, an anti-British protest took place in the Holiest city for Sikhs. British overreacted from this situation and killed 279 protesters who were unarmed and many more were injured. Mohandas Gandhi (leader of the Indian Congress Party) led the style of protest known as pacifism. He believed in both Hindus and Muslims and that they could share an independent India. January 26, 1930 he declared independence for India. This began civil disobedience. Assassinated by another fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947; however, the steps in which Gandhi secured independence is in the following. Salt March in 1930, which was a protest the tax the British put on Salt, which attracted a lot of attention for thousands of people followed Gandhi on this 300km+ walk. This demonstration sparked independence movements around the world, and although Gandhi was arrested and put in jail many times, he still voiced the movement and gaining many supporters.
A little before India could gain its independence their system of government was a from of Dyarchy. The British controlled finance, order and law and the Indians controlled agriculture, health and education. In 1919, during the beginning of the First World War, an anti-British protest took place in the Holiest city for Sikhs. British overreacted from this situation and killed 279 protesters who were unarmed and many more were injured. Mohandas Gandhi (leader of the Indian Congress Party) led the style of protest known as pacifism. He believed in both Hindus and Muslims and that they could share an independent India. January 26, 1930 he declared independence for India. This began civil disobedience. Assassinated by another fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947; however, the steps in which Gandhi secured independence is in the following. Salt March in 1930, which was a protest the tax the British put on Salt, which attracted a lot of attention for thousands of people followed Gandhi on this 300km+ walk. This demonstration sparked independence movements around the world, and although Gandhi was arrested and put in jail many times, he still voiced the movement and gaining many supporters.
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