Fight For Indian Liberation

Fight for Indian Liberation
In 1914, Gandhi returned to India, where he supported the Home Rule movement, and became leader of the Indian National Congress, advocating a policy of non-violent non-co-operation to achieve independence. His goal was to help poor farmers and laborers protest oppressive taxation and discrimination. He struggled to alleviate poverty, liberate women and put an end to caste discrimination, with the ultimate objective being self-rule for India.
Following his civil disobedience campaign (1919-22), he was jailed for conspiracy (1922-24). In 1930, he led a landmark 320 km/200 mi march to the sea to collect salt in symbolic defiance of the government monopoly. On his release from prison (1931), he attended the London Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform. In 1946, he negotiated with the Cabinet Mission which recommended the new constitutional structure. After independence (1947), he tried to stop the Hindu-Muslim conflict in Bengal, a policy which led to his assassination in Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic.
Death and Legacy
Even after his death, Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and his belief in simple living—making his own clothes, eating a vegetarian diet and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of protest—have been a beacon of hope for oppressed and marginalized people throughout the world.

Maohandas Karamchand Gandhi ou, como ficou conhecido, Mahatma Gandhi, foi acima de tudo um ativista da não-violência. Formado em direito, foi um político e líder no movimento de independência da Índia, que era governada pelos ingleses. Nasceu em uma cidade do litoral ocidental, chamada Porbandar, no dia 2 de outubro de 1869. Seu pai era funcionário público, cargo herdado pela família por gerações. Ainda criança casou-se com Kasturba, com quem teve 4 filhos homens.
Prestes a completar 19 anos, em 4 de setembro de 1888, Gandhi parte para a Inglaterra, com o objetivo de estudar Direito. Em 1891, recém-formado