Peace
"There is no way to peace; peace is the way"
For Gandhi, in order for a nation to have peace, violence should be eliminated, and people should input justice. He did not see peace as an ending point, but instead as a process that would end the war in his country. “He envisioned nonviolence as a way to make a political statement” (AskDefine). This method was his way of solving issues among citizens, and British. And he had many movements towards India’s independence, and all of these were developed in the absence of violence.
Gandhi’s methods impacted all Indians to try to fight for their independence, and although the British didn’t agree with them, these were still successful. Since after all, they were what lead to the country’s independence.
One example was the Salt March Movement., and this was part of India’s Independent Movement. In 1930, Gandhi led a 24-day march along the costs of India, where he and more than 80 satyagrahis (his followers truthful about the revolution) would go collecting salt in the shores. The purpose of this movement was to prove to the British that the taxes for salt were not necessary and unjust. Once they reached the coast, Gandhi gave a speech to all in attendance, got a small lump of salt, which in that time, it was braking the law. His followers imitated him, and after the movement was over, Gandhi was sent to prison. These movements happened in a peaceful way, since no violence, weapons or threats took place in the process. Thousands of people were part of it, and this was only one of many movements towards India’s Independence.
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