http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is remembered for his nonviolent methods of effecting social and political change. en Copyright 2013, History.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo1 Mohandas Gandhi was a leader of the Indian independence movement, and is revered the world over for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo2 In the famous Salt March of April and May 1930, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from Ahmadabad to the Arabian Sea to protest the British salt taxes. The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo3 Jawaharlal Nehru worked with Gandhi as a leader of the Indian independence movement, and went on to become the first prime minister of the independent country. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo4 Indira Gandhi was the daughter of of Jawaharlal Nehru, and like her father, became Prime Minister of India. She was not related to Mohandes Gandhi. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo5 In 1931, Gandhi traveled to England to meet with the British government. While there, he traveled to the town of Darwen and met workers in a textile factory. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo6 On January 30, 1948, while on the way to a prayer meeting, Gandhi was shot. Roughly 1 million people followed the procession as Gandhi's body was carried through the streets and cremated on the banks of the holy Jumna River. http://www.history.com/photos/gandhi/photo6