Film Lesson: "Ghandhi"

Mohandas Gandhi was a very important person in India. He helped the Indians gain their independence from Britain. He used acts of non-violence to fight against the British, so it made Britain look like a bad country. In order to get his people to practice non-violence, he fasted until the people began listening to him. Eventually his peoples listened to him an made them promise not to fight against them, even though they were taking control over their lives. One aspect Gandhi used to show non-violence is that he told the Indians to make and weave their own cloth instead of buying from the British, because of the heavy taxes on it. Another aspect Gandhi uses to practice non-violence is the salt march. He and his followers marched 240 miles to the sea to collect salt to use for their own purposes.This hurt Britain's economy any more because pretty much nobody was buying their own products. Eventually India had got its independence in 1947, because at the time Britain's economy was weak, they were just recovering from a World War and so they didn't have the money to take care of another country. Gandhi was still upset because Hindus and Muslims were separated from India. Gandhi was a peace maker, he wanted to gain independence without violence and so for this people honor him by calling him the "Great Soul".