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TheCivilDisobedienceMovementinIndia: Gandhi'sInfluenceontheIndianPeople's RightsandResponsibilities

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MohandasKaramchandGandhiishonoredinIndiaastheFatheroftheNation.Startinginthe early1930s,heledtheSaltActCivilDisobedienceMovement.HestruggledtohelpgainIndias IndependencefromBritain.OnAugust15,1947,thiswasfinallyaccomplishedinapeaceful,nonviolent waywiththecombinedeffortofthepeopleledbyGandhi.Wantingtolearnmoreaboutmycountrys historyanditspathtoindependence,Iwaspersuadedtowardsthistopic.Listeningtomanypeople speakaboutMahatmaGandhisinfluenceonotherindividualsfightsforfreedom,likethefamous MartinLutherKingJr.andNelsonMandela,Iwasfurthermotivatedtodiscovertheintriguingjourney inwhichIndiagaineditsindependenceinsuchauniquemanner.

Startingmyresearch,myonlysourceswerethelocallibrary,reliablesourcesontheinternetand schooldatabases.Afewweekslater,IdecidedtogototheCowlesLibraryatDrakeUniversity. Beforegoingtothecollegiatelibrary,Icompiledalistofnewspapers,books,andothersources providedatthelibrary.Attheuniversitylibrary,IdidasmuchresearchasIcould,inthelimitedtimeI had.Comingoutofthelibrary,Ihadfoundseveralusefuldigitalcopiesofnewspapers,whichIwould nothavebeenabletoaccesswithoutusingtheuniversitysdatabases.Booksandothersourcesalso providedusefulinformation.

AftercreatinganexhibitmyfirstyearofNationalHistoryDayandawebsitemysecond,I

realizedthatIhadmuchmorepotentialandinterestindesigningawebpagecomparedtoaproject board.Havingalwaysenjoyedgraphicdesignandworkingwithtechnology,creatingawebsiteseemed ideal.IchallengedmyselftomakeanindividualprojectinacategoryIwasexperiencedin.

ThisyearsthemeisRightsandResponsibilities.BeforeGandhiledtheSaltActCivil

DisobedienceMovementinthe1930s,manyindividualshadtheirrightstakenaway.Theywere restrictedfrommakingtheirownsalt.Thiswasaresponsibilitywhichwasheldonlybythegovernment. Iftheywantedsalt,theywereforcedtobuyitfromthegovernment.Failingtodosowouldresultin severepenalty.ThismovemententirelychangedtherightsandresponsibilitiesoftheIndianpeople.They weregiventherightandwerenowresponsibletomaketheirownsalt.

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