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Describe Gandhi’s strategy towards independence that appealed to the Indian Nationalist movement and gain the support of the Indian population.
A
Violence
B
Non-violence
C
Guerrilla Warfare
D
Imperialism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi’s system of Satyagraha was based on nonviolence, non-cooperation, truth and honesty. Gandhi used non violence in India’s freedom struggle as main weapon and India became independent from British rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -Widespread civil disobedience followed with grassroots actions across the nation including not only illegal salt making, but also bonfires burning British cloth, picketing of shops selling foreign cloth, picketing of liquor shops, and rent withholding.

Detailed explanation-3: -In March 1920, he issued a manifesto declaring a doctrine of the non-violent non-cooperation movement. Gandhi, through this manifesto, wanted people to: Adopt swadeshi principles. Adopt swadeshi habits including hand spinning & weaving.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi from the beginning chose non violent ways to achieve freedom. Against Rowlatt Act when he launched Non-Cooperation movement he wanted people to boycott foreign goods, schools & colleges, awards & honours resign from government jobs and surrender titles in a peaceful way .

Detailed explanation-5: -The life and leadership of Mahatma Gandhi The theory behind his actions, which included encouraging massive civil disobedience to British law as with the historic Salt March of 1930, was that “just means lead to just ends"; that is, it is irrational to try to use violence to achieve a peaceful society.

Detailed explanation-6: -He advocated nonviolence not because it offered an easy way out, but because he considered violence a crude and in the long run, an ineffective weapon. His rejection of violence stemmed from choice, not from necessity.

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