Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal (aka: Ataturk) modernized Turkey by introducing European Hats instead of wearing the fez, the women used to wear veils, the citizens took surnames and they also introduced the western calender instead of using the Islamic calendar. Secular means pertaining to worldly things or to thing that are not reguardede as religious,spritual or sacred.

Gandhi

Gandhi helped his nation of India gain Independence from Great Britain by his philosophy of non-violence. He encouraged the Indians not to buy/use British Goods. He wove his own clothing with a spinning wheel and the other Indians started using them as well. The spinning wheel is a symbol of India's struggle for Independence from Britain. He walked for miles and miles looking for salt for the Indians because without salt they would die from the heat and dehydration. I think India's Independence was partly about Gandhi because he was a strong bright man and I doubt there was another person in India that would have done have the things he did.