Film Lesson - "Gandhi"

Mahatma Gandhi became a very important person for the indian people.
He was born in 1869 and died in 1948. Gandhi helped the indian people to get indepence by encourageing the Indians to boycott British goods and buy Indian goods instead. He believed that acts of violence against the British only provoked a negative reaction so he always fight in a passive way. He was in prison in 1922, 1930, 1933 and in 1942 Gandhi was so famous that while he was in prison he went to a hunger strike. He did many thing to help the indian people to get indepedence. the Indian Independence Act was signed in 1947. Also in 1947 Atlee announced that Britain would leave India.
i think that india got independence thanks to Mahatma Gandhi because as a leader he gelped many indian people to fight for things by not using violence the way that he encourage people to fight was in a passive way. he was very famous that his death in prison made international headlines and greatly embarrass the British at a time when Britain was condemning dictators in Europe.