Gandhi

These prejudices against his people made Gandhi want to protest and stand up for his rights. In 1906, Gandhi resolved his loyalty to the English rule. He started his first protest again British rule by using passive resistance, hunger strikes, mass demonstrations, and marches. Through out these first protests, Gandhi was arrested numerous times ("Mohandas Gandhi" U*X*L* 2). This protest served as his first and gained him much notoriety and fame among the Indian people. The protests continued on for many years, through out which Gandhi continued to game fame for his methods of protesting the British rule. In 1913, Gandhi started the Great March, which used passive resistance, civil disobedience, boycotts, and marches to cause political reforms for laws that at the time only accepted Christian marriages as legal and official. Gandhi was arrested many times again and now was being considered a political prisoner when arrested. In this march, Gandhi led the Indians across lands that they were not allowed. The developments from this march led in the creation of the Indian Relief Act, which removed many restrictions against the Indians in South Africa ("Mohandas Gandhi" American 2). Through these protests, Gandhi improved upon his methods of protest and self-discovery through meditation, passive resistance, non-violence, and impoverishment as forms of self-enlightenment, paving the way for the protests to come. .
             Upon Gandhi's return to India after his time spent in South Africa, Gandhi continued his protests against British rule of the Indians on the Indian subcontinent. During WWI, he helped lower class Indians organize and stand up against the higher classes and the rule of landowners ("Mohandas Gandhi" American 4). This helped to further Gandhi's popularity amongst all classes of India as well as the world, due to his charitable works such as these and his continuing crusade for Indian independence.