Gandhi Nonviolence

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi revolutionized India’s history forever. In the 1930s, The British colonized India and unfairly controlled and ruled over the people of India. The people of India wanted to fight for independence, but they did not want war because they did not want to many casualties. Mohandas Gandhi stepped forward with vast knowledge and lead the people of India.Mohandas Gandhi’s use of nonviolence against the British demonstrates how efficient and successful nonviolent movements are in comparison to violent movements.

The belief behind the idea that sparked the nonviolent and peaceful movement, and also was the way Mohandas Gandhi lived his life by, which was to teach this ideal belief. This ideal belief was Ahimsa, meaning not

Also, he used the nature of these retreats, which were peaceful and nonviolent, to start his movement. Gandhi also used his village's virtues to be fair, peaceful, to never stop believing in what you believe, and to never give up. Gandhi’s initial beginning of his nonviolent movement were from his Ashram society and village vitures. As written by Harry Turtledove, in his novel, The Last Article, “Mahatma Gandhi was the pioneer of Satyagraha--the resistance of alleged tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon Ahimsa.” Gandhi was the frontiersman of Satyagraha, he was the one fight against the dictatorship of the mass civil

Mohandas Gandhi engaged the people of India to join the nonviolent movement, with well planned strategies involving consequences which ultimately brought the downfall of the British’s control. Gandhi’s leadership and persuasive skills helped him get people to join the nonviolent movement. As written by Mantena Karuna, in her journal article “Another Realism: The Politics of Gandhian Nonviolence”; “...the importance of constant growth, especially as a leader. When you stop growing as a leader, the organization stops growing too and the stagnation eventually becomes obvious to everyone.” He recognized that in order for the movement to grow, there had to be leader, who believed in what they are doing and would never give. Gandhi took the position as leader, because he knew what to do and what needed to be done and he would never stop. Gandhi knew that if he can start growing the nonviolent movement that he would grow with it, and make sure that he would not let it stop growing. With his speeches he was able to convince the people, by says that with nonviolence there would less deaths, which was the greatest factor in people joining the nonviolence movement. Gandhi knew to be successful, there had to be an effective leader. An effective leader would make the movement effective, making the outcome successful. As leader Gandhi’s first