How many times was Gandhi arrested? In South Africa and India

gandhi remained in south africa twenty years, suffering imprisonment many times.

part of inspiration policy came russian writer leo tolstoy, influence on gandhi profound. gandhi acknowledged debt teachings of christ , 19th-century american writer henry david thoreau, thoreau's famous essay "civil disobedience." gandhi considered terms passive resistance , civil disobedience inadequate purposes, however, , coined term, satyagraha (from sanskrit, "truth , firmness").

demonstration against rowlatt acts resulted in massacre of indians @ amritsar british soldiers; in 1920, when british government failed make amends, gandhi proclaimed organized campaign of non-cooperation. indians in public office resigned, government agencies such courts of law boycotted, , indian children withdrawn government schools. throughout india, streets blocked squatting indians refused rise when beaten police. gandhi arrested, british forced release him.

after release prison in 1924, gandhi withdrew active politics , devoted himself propagating communal unity. unavoidably, however, again drawn vortex of struggle independence. in 1930 mahatma proclaimed new campaign of civil disobedience, calling upon indian population refuse pay taxes, particularly tax on salt. campaign march sea, in thousands of
, satyagraha spread throughout india, gaining millions of followers.
indians followed gandhi ahmedabad arabian sea, made salt evaporating sea water.

once more indian leader arrested, released in 1931, halting campaign after british made concessions demands. in same year gandhi represented indian national congress @ conference in london.

in 1932, gandhi began new civil-disobedience campaigns against british. arrested twice, mahatma fasted long periods several times; these fasts effective measures against british, because revolution might have broken out in india if had died. in september 1932, while in jail, gandhi undertook "fast unto death" improve status of hindu untouchables.

when world war ii broke out, congress party , gandhi demanded declaration of war aims , application india. reaction unsatisfactory response british, party decided not support britain in war unless country granted complete , immediate independence. british refused, offering compromises rejected. when japan entered war, gandhi still refused agree indian participation.

interned in 1942 released 2 years later because of failing health.

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