A. Plan of the InvestigationMany have attributed IndiaÃÂs independence to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , also known as Mahatma Gandhi, and his followers. Mahatma GandhiÃÂs non-violence movement is famous throughout the world for its success in giving India her independence. The aim of my essay will be to find out exactly how effective GandhiÃÂs actions were in encouraging non-violence in India. I also aim to find out whether the effects of his actions, if any, were long lasting. We can safely assume that if the concept of non-violence lasted for a long time in India, then GandhiÃÂs actions must have been effective. This essay will also explore the basis for many peopleÃÂs assumptions that non-violence was the only cause for the British withdrawal from India.
B. Summary of EvidenceMahatma GandhiÃÂs crowning achievement must be his role in removing British presence in India. He worked thirty years to achieve his dream, and on August 14 and 15, 1947, British India was divided into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India respectively.
English: Gandhi during the Salt March, March 1930....
English: Birth place of Mahatma Gandhi, Porbandar,...
Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi in 1940.Gandhi had undergone many trials and tribulations in his effort to rid India of the British presence, and he was assassinated on 30 January, 1948, by a Hindu radical who accused him of weakening India because he had forced the government to pay a sum of 550 million rupees to Pakistan. Some blamed Gandhi for causing IndiaÃÂs partition, which caused hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Mahatma GandhiÃÂs fight for IndiaÃÂs independence began with the people. He tried to build facilities for the poor, such as schools and hospitals, as well as sanitizing the villages. He encouraged the people to fight against social evils. When he was arrested by the authorities, and accused of creating unrest, hundreds of thousands of people rallied for his release. Eventually, the government was forced...