Mohendas Gandhi in the Electronic Passport

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Gandhi (part two)

Gandhi urged his followers to oppose the British through civil disobedience and non-violent protest. He urged them to boycott, or refuse to purchase, British goods. Sometimes Gandhi and his followers would sit down in factories or in the middle of streets. Women would lie across railroad tracks to stop trains. Gandhi and his followers were often beaten or jailed, but he refused to urge his followers to fight. Many Indian people began to call him the Mahatma, which means "great soul."

Gandhi stopped wearing western clothes and began to wear cloths made from yarn he spun himself. He wanted to show that he was proud to be an Indian. Gandhi devoted two hours every day to spinning, and urged other Indians to follow his example. As a result of Gandhi's spinning program and the boycott, the sale of British cloth in India dropped sharply.

India to the Himalayas

To cite this page:
Dowling, Mike., "The Electronic Passport to Gandhi," available from http://www.mrdowling.com/612-gandhi.html; Internet; updated Tuesday, April 30, 2002