Do you think Gandhi Got India Independence?

@achyuta (2851)
United States
November 27, 2006 3:44am CST
Do you think Gandhi Got India Independence? Or was it due to heavy losses to brits in world war II,or was it due to the non believrs of non-violence.?
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@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
3 Dec 06
I think Gandhi great act made india independence , i think he is india hero yea
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
3 Dec 06
Thank you for your response. Yes I do agree he dd play apart altough not what is claled the immediate effect in history.:)
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• India
3 Dec 06
peace - peace
Gandhi was the person who became famous as he was doing something that was totally opposite what the other people were doing that time their are several other people who started with the strugle so according to him he was not the only one! thats my side of thinking
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
3 Dec 06
Yes, he did that. It is true. But my point is it actually did not give independence. Independence came not from nonviolence(there may have been some affect) it eventually came because the brits could not sustain it after heavy loses in the second world war.
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• India
2 Dec 06
mahatama gandhi - mahatama ghandhi at childhood
well he had played major role! but i will not say he was the only
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Thank you for your response. YesI am sure he played a role. But I am not sure it was significant enough to give us independence because I believe we got independence because brits coul not sustain such a big country after losing lots of power in world wwar 2 even though they actually won the war.
• Pakistan
2 Dec 06
Nor Gandhi for India and Quaid-e-Azam for Pakistan got independence, it is bcz of Hitlar's world war II that we got independence.....Hitlar is the man behind our both India and Pakistan independence........Hitlar tuje salam!.......Otherwise they would rule more 100 years......
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Yes, I agree both Jinnah and gandhi are credited more than what they could do. Hitler indeed was the reason becuase he made the brits lose so mcuh of their strength. Everyone lost huge money in the war and the brits could not sustain such a big country.
• India
2 Dec 06
Yes ! Gandhiji having the qualities like truthfulness, faith , non-violence are the basic weapons of gandhi. With these tools, he himself fight for independence from the britishers. He succeeded in his object. Whenever he faces problems in daily life, he referred the holy book "The Bhagadgita" , Wherever he finds the page, he got solution to the problem. He having good basics of Hinduism. He leads systematic, simple life. He does not wear even shirt, simply covers his body with doti. With these extraordinery quality's all indians called him "father of the nation" He otherwise called as Mahatma.
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Yes truthfulness and nonviolnce ar alrit. But my specific question was whether he got us independence (my question is not whether he tried the most or sacrificed the most), and I did he did not get us the indepence bcause the brits gave it at a time when they simply had to. It was too much of an expense.
• India
3 Dec 06
independence is collective effort by the people of the country. Not only gandhi but people across the country sacrificed the lot. and also at the time of world war ii also one cause to get independence. Gandhiji effort is significant marvellous. Not only gandhi, but tilak, some leaders like subhash chandra bose, etc .......
• India
23 Dec 06
No ,,,,,,,who told u this ? actually the reason behind indias freedom is the bhagat singh,sukhdev,rajguru,chandrashekhar azaad all of them were used violence and thats why india became freedom if u go throuh the way of gandhi then english pepole still make indians behind prison . thats why i am thinking neither gandhi not nono-violence help us to frrrdom india
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
24 Dec 06
Well youa re right they all contributed. But you see they were not there post 1942. What happened between 1942 and 1947 had some effect right? The world war II was the major reason. We cannot wish it away.
• India
27 Nov 06
GR8 point to discuss...but sorry buddy , i dont have any stong points to say anything on this... it will be very nice if somebody can throw some light on it.....
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@achyuta (2851)
• United States
27 Nov 06
Thank you very much. Yes, I am waiting for mroe responses. Then may be we can conclude something. :)
@wasim989 (2298)
• India
8 Dec 06
I think if gandhi would not have been there then we would have been freed very early from the cluthes of british...............
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• India
8 Dec 06
though their is controversy over the independence of India.. but i will it was not surely because of the heavy losses during world war II, this is because India was one of the business hubs from where money could be tapped.. Gandhiji was one of the reasons for the Independence.. the prime force was the non violence principle which was completely a new concept.. the war of non violence didn't have any loop hole to win..
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@unaware (129)
• India
8 Dec 06
He was not d only one who fought for independence..there r ppl like subhash chandra bose and other freedom fighters which gave indians d hope to fight for it. Cant jus give all d credit to Mahatma Gandhi but yes he played an important role in d independence.
@achyuta (2851)
• United States
9 Dec 06
I agree with you. But, I think he was not very successful I think if there would have been no world war 2 there would have been no Independent India in 1947 may have taken a lot longer.
@lovewaves (157)
• India
12 Dec 06
well we called gandhi as a father of our nation...it is ture but sometime..i dont like gandhi ...and dont think that he is responsible for independence..morever bhagat singh and alll freedom fighters are responsible for that
@achyuta (2851)
• United States
12 Dec 06
Thank you for your response. I dont agree with you. But I respoect your opinion.
• India
17 Dec 06
India - Indian Flag
I my view INDIA got freedom due to Bhagat Singh..... Bcoz he laid the foundation of freedom....
@satyamss (870)
• India
17 Dec 06
first of all ur quetion is not good...do u think only a man can do it?...no gandhi alone but all the freedom fighter got India independence..
• India
23 Dec 06
well i don't know know whether we get independence due to mahatma gandhi or not but one thing is from non-violence he made many impossible work possible and he also told that progress of people can only be achieved if they follow the path of non-violence and people who were following the path of violence are definately suffering because people who gives the training of making bombs and different weapons are transferring ways of violence to coming generation which can only end with the the end of civilization and
@Vishi2max (108)
• India
12 Dec 06
inquilab zindabad.... bhagat singh and his team of freedom fighters are the ones respomsible for independent india ...
• Hyderabad, India
13 Dec 06
i agree partially with u
@yugi_sen (1741)
• India
9 Dec 06
Its not the individual contribution always its a united work. Lot of people have contributed to that and gandhi was a successful leader among them.
• India
9 Dec 06
Very nice discussion you have started. Thanks for the same. Yes I agree fully that Gandhiji was the only person who has contributed 90% for our independence. Others were just his helping hand. Though there were lot of egoiests, but even they did not dare to tell no to Mahatmaji on any of his step. Neither it was because of World War-II nor non-believers. He was just a amazing personalty. What he used to say, the people had no choice to follow. Because he always spoke truth, only truth.
• India
12 Dec 06
I won't give the entire credit to Gandhi but yes to some extent he was responsible. Many people were involved in this independence act like Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Rajguru, Sukh Dev, etc. Their effort was not futile. Some believed in violence while others did not. Personally I dont believe in Ahimsa.
@musman9 (136)
• South Korea
12 Dec 06
Yes, i believe he played an important role in the independence