A Research On Contemporary World History - 1041 Words

Date: 05/05/2016 Research Paper Contemporary World History Professor Tom Williford Vidit Doshi Southwest Minnesota State University Interview : Jyotsna Shah, Maternal Grandmother in relation, 72 years old, interviewed on Skype, Gujarat, India. Source: Salt March, www.history.com Salt March, www.wikipedia.com Mahatma Gandhi, www.wikipedia.com Mahatma Gandhi - Father of the Nation â€Å"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.† - Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) was a leader in the Indian Independence Movement during†¦show more content†¦Whereas he is also famous as â€Å"Gandhiji† in India and also around the world. I always read about him everywhere and even studied a lot about him in our history classes. I still remember, the history class I had in my 8th Grade was all about him. He is a pride to our nation and has a place in every Indians heart. My maternal great grandmother was from the same village as Gandhiji and she met him a couple of times which always gives me goosebumps. I heard a lot about him and a lot of other things from my grandmother. So, I interviewed my maternal grandmother over Skype for this assignment. I initiated my conversation with general greetings that we usually do. I decided to talk to her about an event that took place on 12th of March 1930 which is known as the Da ndi March, also known as the Salt march or Salt Satyagraha, which was leaded by Mahatma Gandhi. I still cannot forget that expression on her face when I asked her about her knowledge about the Salt Satyagraha, she was too excited to tell me about the event. She informed me that it was a big march, it was a 24 day march. Even â€Å"ma ji† (mom, my Great Grandmother) was a part of it, she added. She said that it was a rebel of the local populace against the British officials mainly as they introduced taxation on salt production, deemed sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it. Mahatma Gandhi came up with this plan to break the British plan nonviolently,