Gandhi led with "satyagraha," or "truth" and "strength," against British rule. In 1907, he led thousands of Indians to burn their registration cards. He set up an "ashram," a nonviolent community that rejected the caste system.
In 1930, Gandhi led the Salt March to protest the salt tax. He organized fasts, sit-ins and boycotts. He reformed the Indian National Congress into a movement that worked for the freedoms of not only the Indian people, but also for women, education and a self-sufficient economy.
Even after India's independence, Gandhi continued to be a peace leader to settle disputes between the Hindus of India and the Muslims of Pakistan. He died at the hands of a Hindu man because of his peaceful ideas