Gandhi freed India from the Britishers 

We hear this and have been taught this, but this is incorrect. Historians claim that Indian freedom was inevitable. Some even say that his involvement slowed down the liberation process. He introduced non-violence or ahimsa but, historians say that if the Indians had used violent means they might have been granted freedom early. Also, Gandhi was only 16 when the Indian National Congress was formed and his much famed Civil Disobedience movement is a small part of a bigger picture.