Indian Independence Activist Mohandas Gandhi was an agent of both political and social change. A supporter of Indian independence, he faced persecution and incarceration. Perhaps the best-known promoter of nonviolent civil disobedience, he changed the way oppressed groups around the world viewed their struggle for equality. India gained independence from Britain in 1947, largely due to Gandhi's peaceful perseverance. After living in South Africa for 20 years, practicing law and advocating for Indian equality, he returned to India at the age of 45. His mission became to promote the cause of Indian independence from Great Britain. He led the Indian National Congress and was jailed several times for acts of civil disobedience. In one of his most famous protests against British rule he led thousands of Indians in a march to the Arabian Sea to collect salt in protest against a salt tax. On this occasion, 60,000 people were imprisoned, including Gandhi. During the struggle for Indian independence, Gandhi was jailed several times and went on various hunger strikes to encourage cooperation between the divided factions in the Indian and British colonial governments. Thirty-three years after his return to India, Gandhi saw his dream come true when Britain granted India independence, but it came at a price. India was divided in two; the separate country of Pakistan was formed for Indian Muslims. It was Gandhi's efforts to bring peace and unification between Hindus and Muslims that ultimately led to his assassination in 1948 (History.com Staff, 2010). As an advocate of Satyagraha, mass nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi believed that change could be effected without using physical force. While practicing law in South Africa… mid-paper… and when she became the face of the women's rights movement. Without fear of persecution or humiliation, he spread new ideas of equality for women and minorities that took root and changed the face of America (Walker, 2011). Works CitedHistory.com Staff. (2010). Mohandas Gandhi. Retrieved from History.com: http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhiPal, A. (2008, February 1). 60 years after his death, Gandhi makes the world a better place. Retrieved from The Progressive: http://mail.progressive.org/mp_pal012208Susan B. Anthony House. (2013). Susan B Anthony Biography. Retrieved from SusanBAnthonyHouse.org: http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.phpWalker, A.-M. (2011, June 28). Political and social change created by the actions of Susan Ban Anthony. Retrieved from Voices.Yahoo.com: http://voices.yahoo.com/political-social-change-created-actions-8855571.html