Question

Which statement best suggests why Britain had a difficult time handling Gandhi in “Colonial India, Gandhi, and Eventual Independence”? Click here to read the passage. “In 1927, Britain appointed a constitutional reform commission, a group that did not include a single Indian.” “He had supported the British effort in World War I, but after colonial British authorities imposed laws that would allow Indians to be imprisoned without trial for suspicion of sedition, Gandhi decided it was time to implement a satyagraha [passive resistance] protest.” “He [Gandhi] became political, arguing proficiently on behalf of the rights of the Natal Indians in South Africa.” “The protest against British salt resulted in the imprisonment of over 60,000 Indians – whom were said to have gone to the prisons cheerfully.”

Answer 1

 Gandhi, even though he was a pacifist, exhibited non-co-operation with the British colonialists which made him annoying to them. He had become politicized in South Africa where he was treated in a racist manner which infuriated him and determined him to return to India and participate in the independence movement which eventually led to the expulsion of the British colonialists