civil disobedience movement

At 14, she shot a tyrannical British magistrate, underwent a historic trial, and spent seven years in imprisonment. Later, in independent India, she became a doctor.

On April 6, 1930, 61-year-old Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi picked up a lump of salt and proclaimed, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.”

A man who built an army of 500 to take on the British, Haipou Jadonang has been largely overlooked by writers and historians. It's time this changed. #ForgottenHeroes #IndianIndependence

History books have little to say about Dr. Pranjivan Mehta, a man whose discussions and suggestions played a huge role in Mahatma Gandhi's life and satyagraha campaigns.