WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence, has been the inspiration for non-violent movements for civil rights and social change across the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -How Mahatma Gandhi changed political protest. His non-violent resistance helped end British rule in India and has influenced modern civil disobedience movements across the globe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi took the religious principle of ahimsa (doing no harm) common to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and turned it into a non-violent tool for mass action. He used it to fight not only colonial rule but social evils such as racial discrimination and untouchability as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi’s system of Satyagraha was based on nonviolence, non co-operation, truth and honesty. Gandhi used non violence in India’s freedom struggle as main weapon and India became independent from British rule.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gandhiji decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement due to various incidents of violence perpetrated by the masses, especially the Chauri Chaura incident in 1922 where the people clashed with the police, setting a police-station on fire.