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Passive Resistance

For some 50 years, Gandhi, born on October 2, 1869, and called “Mahatma” (“great-souled” in Sanskrit), fought for India’s independence from Britain, practicing civil disobedience and peaceful protests that included fasting, boycotts and marches.

He was an adherent of satyagraha ("truth-force"), a passive political resistance he defined as "a weapon of the strongest and excludes the use of violence in any shape or form." Arrested and imprisoned multiple times for his efforts, Gandhi hailed Britain’s 1947 division of India into two independent nations, India and Pakistan.

But the partition soon led to a violent religious war between Hindus and Muslims and caused the displacement of more than 15 million people, along with approximately 2 million deaths.

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Assassination and Trial

Imploring peace between Hindus and Muslims, Gandhi traveled to New Delhi, participating in fasting vigils and prayer meetings. It was there that Godse shot the leader three times in the a The courts and the Gandhi murder case: What happened on ... - CJP NYLU