Ghandi

Mahatma Gandhi was an important person in history. He is the person most responsible for India gaining Independence and the breakup of the British Empire. The reason he was so successful was because his philosophy of non-violent protest was unorthodox at that time. This form of civil disobedience was not common, nation who wanted freedom usually took up arms against their occupiers I think Gandhi believed in no-violent protests because he was a peaceful man,and because he also knew that the Indian people could not revolt against the British Empire, one of the largest, most powerful empires in history, along with the Roman Empire and Mongol empire. He also knew that the British would not know how to react to non-violent protest, so they would overreact and used force to suppress them. These acts of violence would outrage the world and pressure would be put on the British to grant Indian Independence.
Gandhi was very important figure during the Indian Independence movement, but the British Empire was on a rapid decline since the end of the first world war and was destined to fall. The British Empire was the larges overseas empire in history, covering about two-fifths of the earth's surface, from Canada to Singapore. The British defeated the German during the second world war but it was a Pyrrhic victory. The British economy was in ruins, their cities were destroyed by German bombing, and millions of their soldiers, and citizens died. They just didn't have the resources needed to maintain such a large empire. Within years after the second world war ended India was granted independence. Within 20 years the granted Independence to their possessions in Africa, Asia, and South America. In 1997 they lost their last important colony, returning Hong Kong to China. Today, Britain is a shell of its former
self. Once the largest empire in history, the are now confined to the British Isle, (England,Scotland,Wales) Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Island