That isn't to say that the Indians didn't benefit to some degree from the Empire, or that India has successfully translated Gandhi's ideals into reality. But Indian independence was achieved relatively bloodlessly, thanks in no small part to his leadership.
This story is also deceptive. Gandhi's service was as a non-combatant and he was never an advocate of violence. This story presents Gandhi as a dutiful servant of King and Country.
Ghandi was a sick puppy, obsessed with bowel movements and sleeping with underage, nude girls. He's another example of the media looking the other way.
Read the book The Gandhi Nobody Knows by Richard Grenier (1983) who says "Little do people know about his sheer disregard for his family amid his soaring popularity ."
"SOCIAL LIFE: Little do people know (ok, people in the know know of this one) of his sleeping with pretty teenage girl followers in the buff in the "ashram" who cuddled the nude septuagenarian in their arms. Pretext: he was 'testing' his vow of chastity in order to gain moral strength for his mighty struggle with Jinnah. Meanwhile, his daily morning greeting to his women followers in the morning was "Have you had a good bowel movement this morning, sisters?" There's lots more.
I hate to "clast" icons, but he was a sick puppy. Not quite sure I'd want him as a role model or leader figure.
Your ignorance of Indian history is breathtaking. Between 600,000 and 1,000,000 Indians were slaughtered in a matter of months before, during, and after Partition, in large part due to the Partition. Gandhi did nothing to hasten the day that India attained independence, but bowed to the Muslim League’s demand that India be torn in two, which is the reason Pakistan exists today instead of a united India.
Learn your history.