Film Lesson: "Ghandhi"

Mohandas Karamchand Ghandhi helped his nation of India gain independence from Great Britain using an excellent strategy. By Boycotting againist Great Britain and leading in Non - Violent Protesting, Ghandhi gained the support of many Indians. In 1930, Ghandhi lead over thousands of people to Dandi to make salt for themselves. This event is known as "The Salt March". Traveling over 240 miles, Ghandhi had a plan to make Indians rely on themselves for salt as opposed to purchasing salt from Britian. After this long journey to Dandi, salt was successfully made. However, Great Britian disliked what Ghandhi was doing for the Indians. As a result, 60,000 people were arrested.

Additionally, another way Ghandhi attempted to gain India's independence was refusing to purchase clothes from the British. In the film "Ghandi", there was a scene in which Ghandhi ordered some citizens of India to gather all of the clothes they purchased from the British. When the citizens came back, Ghandhi burned the clothes. By doing this, Ghandhi showed the people of India that it doesn't take violence to get rid of Great Britian, however disobidence is the answer.

Ghandhi once said, "I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill." This quote shows that Mohandas Ghandhi was indeed a non violent man. To my opinion, I beleive that without Ghandhi, India would've still lost its independence from Great Britian. During 1947, Great Britian was in reconstruction from World War II. Rather than worrying about another country (India), Great Britian had to worry about themselves.