His non-violent resistance helped end British rule in India and has influenced modern civil disobedience movements across the globe. Widely referred to as Mahatma, meaning great soul or saint in Sanskrit, Gandhi helped India reach independence through a philosophy of non-violent non-cooperation.
It would've been day by day of week by week and it would've been exciting what he experience that specific day. The book NIght written as it is not always as specific for certain days and events :)