Ghandi was a big part of Indias history. He led with a style of protest calledpacifism (non-violent resistance). He used many hunger strikes and civil disobedience to resist the british. He would do everything against britain but it would all be peaceful and non-violent. He believed that Hindus and Muslims could share an independent India with support from his right hand man Jawaharlal Nehru. he declares independence for India on January 26th, 1930. He used his hunger strikes and civil disobedience to bring attention to their independence with the rest of the world. One of his civil disobediences was his protest against the British tax on salt. He walked from Sabarmati, Ashram to Dandi,Gujarat to get salt (240 miles). His independence movement was one of the most famous around India, and the world. Ghandi would have won a Nobel Peace Prize but died before he could receive it, and because he was opposing the British he was unable to be given one.
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