He studied in London, England and went to South Africa for work. He was humiliated there numerous times and would often take up the cases of troubled black or Indian people in a struggle for human rights. He got a taste for non-violent protests and idea of Satyagraha (Devotion to truth) there and often protested in South Africa. His activism in S.A had already made him a widely known champion of human rights. No matter where he went he saw the tyranny of the British rule and decided it was finally time to go back to India. Gandhi gave two decades of his life to the protest in South Africa and returned to India a new …show more content…
One of Gandhi’s first demonstrations of civil disobedience in India was the “Kheda” (village) struggle, there he protested with farmers against the British who were taxing a flooded village and instructed them to pay no revenue to the British. In an act of disobedience and, this wasn’t the only case. Gandhi urged people to stop co-operation with the British completely. To stop paying taxes, to resign from government employment, to quit education in British institution, to stop buying British goods and, to protest peacefully. This was answered by violence and aggression. One significant incidence of violence against a peaceful crowed occurred in Jalliawala Park where the British army opened fire on the civilian crowd and murdered hundreds in cold blood. Many civilians wanted to start violently rioting but Gandhi urged them to cease the violence and not stoop to the low levels of the British. He went on the death hunger strike to pressure. He went to unhealthy extents to make his voice heard even if it was it at the expense of his own health. He suffered 2 years out of a 6 year prison sentence because of the problems this moment cause to the British