Do You Agree with the View That Gandhi’s Campaign Methods in the 1930s Were Effective?

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Gandhi, was one of the most, if not the most important figure in the history of indian independence. He is remembered as the man whose campaign methods were the most effective. On the other hand, in some occasions Gandhi's non cooperation campaigns, did not work as he wanted, due to violent reactions from the people, for example in chauri chaura and the moplah rebellion. During the 1930s, Gandhi decided to do things in a slightly different way. This is clearly shown in sources 1,2 and 3. Source 1, is very useful, because it shows Gandhi's non violent methods towards independence; firstly, he tells people to reject by any means british rule, the fact of it being a crime to "submit any longer to British rule", the word crime, emphasizes the rejection that Gandhi feels towards British rule. He once again reminds the people about "civil disobedience", his satyagraha campaign in which he has been insisting so much. He uses an example, to convince the people which people are prepared to do; "refusal to pay taxes" a good example of this non tax paying civil disobedience campaign, is the salt march, which he used to prove to the people that it was possible to live boycotting British goods. Indians now knew that there were many goods which they could provide for themselves, without having to pay British taxes. The salt march, recruited thousands of Indians as it marched, as well as making others demonstrate in other parts of India, as well as hugely attracting the worldwide media. He insists on NON-violent protest in source 1, when he says "the most effective way of gaining our freedom, is not through violence " It may be said that this source is in a way biased, because it is written my Gandhi himself, but it shows us that his campaigns were effective, "the end of this inhuman rule is assured", he assures that his campaign methods will be effective and that
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