Mohandas Ghandi
•Leader of the Indian Congress Party
•Led with style of protest called pacifism (non-violent resistance)
•Right hand man is Jawaharlal Nehru
•Believed that Hindus and Muslims could share an independent India
•Declare independence for India on Jan. 26, 1930
•Begin civil disobedience
Assassinated by a fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947
•Led with style of protest called pacifism (non-violent resistance)
•Right hand man is Jawaharlal Nehru
•Believed that Hindus and Muslims could share an independent India
•Declare independence for India on Jan. 26, 1930
•Begin civil disobedience
Assassinated by a fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947
Question: How long in history does it go back where Muslims and Hindus have had a rivalry?
Summary: He was the leader of the ICP who followed pacifism (non violent resistance). His right hand man was Jawaharial Nehru. Ghandi believed that Hindus and Muslims could an independent India and in 1930 declared independence for India. He was assassinated by a fellow Hindu after the partition in 1947 which began civil disobedience.
