Give a brief description of Gandhiji's contribution to the Indian freedom struggle.

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When Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from Africa in January 1915 he started a satyagraha movement in India in various places.

In 1916 he travelled to Champaran in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
In 1917, he organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the Kheda district of Gujarat.
In 1918, Gandhiji went to Ahmedabad to organise a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers.
In 1919, he decided to launch a nationwide satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919). A
To unite Hindus and Muslims, Gandhiji started Non-Cooperation Movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
In 1930, he started his famous Salt March (Dandi March) accompanied by 78 followers, from his ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. On 6 April, he reached Dandi, and openly violated the law and manu factured salt by boiling sea water.
During Gandhiji's salt march, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to him. They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, picketed foreign cloth and liquor shops.
He did a lot for the upliftment of the untouchables. He called the funtouchables' Harijans, and organised satyagraha to secure their entry into temples and access to public wells, tanks, roads and schools. He himself cleaned toilets to dignify the work of the bhangi (the sweepers). He convinced upper castes to change their heart and give up the sin of un touchability.

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