“Gandhi was first to demonstrate the effectiveness of non-violent mass resistance presenting it as alternative to war and violence as the only known locomotives of human progress. In doing this, Gandhi transformed the nature of politics from being an elite-based vanity into a ‘soul force’ for social change through mass participation. His broad-basing of India’s national movement transformed the Congress party from being a talking-shop for airing grievances into a mass-based organisation defying the British Empire.”