Salt Satyagraha: The March That Shook an Empire The Salt Satyagraha, also known as the Salt March or the Civil Disobedience Movement, was a defining […]
Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement: A Fight for Swaraj
Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–1922) The Non-Cooperation Movement was a mass protest led by Mahatma Gandhi against British rule, aiming for Swaraj (self-rule) through non-violent resistance. Key […]
Gandhi and the Khilafat Movement: A Quest for Unity
Mahatma Gandhi played a crucial role in the Khilafat Movement (1919–1924), which was a pan-Islamic movement launched by Indian Muslims to protect the Ottoman Caliphate […]
Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was Mahatma Gandhi’s first major political movement in India, marking the beginning of his leadership in the Indian freedom struggle. It […]
Role in World War I
Mahatma Gandhi played a somewhat paradoxical role during World War I. While he was a strong advocate of nonviolence, he actively encouraged Indians to support […]
Mahatma Gandhi and the Struggle for Indian Independence (1915 –1947)
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1915 and quickly became the leader of the Indian freedom struggle. His philosophy of Satyagraha (truth-force) […]
Gandhi’s Impact on Indians, Africans, and Europeans
Mahatma Gandhi’s life and work had significant interactions with Europeans, Indians, and Africans across different phases of his journey. In Africa (1893–1914): Gandhi lived in […]