Gandhi believed that “non-violence is the greatest strength with which man has been endowed. The truth is the only goal he has. Because God is nothing other than the truth. But the Truth cannot be, and will never be, achieved except through nonviolence.”('Nonviolence-The Greatest Gift). One of Gandhi's best-known nonviolent protests was the Salt Satyagrah, which took place between 1930 and 1931, a 241-mile march to the coast to protest British rule and taxes on salt. Gandhi used techniques such as formal declarations, prayers, boycotts and honoring the men and women killed or injured by the British, especially those who were killed in Amritsar in 1919. India gained independence from Britain on 15 August 1947 and Gandhi he was assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu extremist who did not share the same beliefs as Gandhi ("Gandhi quickly begins to protest against caste