Who the hell doesn't know Mahatma Gandhi? This man changed a portion of the world, and by doing so, he changed something out of everything everywhere, too. No, this good man isn't the founder of Yoga - he's more connected to starvation than being conscious of a
healthy lifestyle, you know.
Non-conformity and non-cooperation, now those were the means used by
Mahatma Gandhi to attain independence for his motherland India. He didn't go around buying independence from coins out of his pockets, arming his neighbors along with his children to do his bidding, nor lead his country to become a prime producer of anything that is economically viable. No, he did this by non-conformity and non-cooperation with the rules set forth by his then colonizers which he saw were imprisoning his country and its people.
Gandhi provided the spark, and the whole Indian nation lit it and continued fanning the flames up until now. If
faster communication technologies were available then, he could've changed the world, too. Thus, India was freed by its colonizers, and now continues to be proud of its heritage and history.