This statement is TRUE.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was an activitist who leaded the movement for the Independence of India against the British rulers. He promoted nonviolent civil disobedience and disorders, and continuously posed challenges to the colonial authorities. For example, in the Dandi Salt March in 1930, or when a calling for the British to Quit India took place in 1942.
Moreover, Gandhi believed in independence for India and also in tolerance, religious pluralism and coexistence. Anyway, this second part did not became true, as two separate territories emerged when the British were expelled, India (majority of Hindi people) and Pakistan (majority of Muslims).
Subsequently, his ideas and the actions he performed and that led India to independence, had inspired many civil rights and freedom movements all over the world.
