Assassination of Gandhi
Passive Resistance For some 50 years, Gandhi, born on October 2, 1869, and called “Mahatma” (“great-souled” in Sanskrit), fought for India’s independence from Britain, practicing civil disobedience and peaceful protests that included fasting, boycotts and marches. He was an adherent of satyagraha (“truth-force”), a passive political resistance he defined as “a weapon of the strongest […]