Mahatma Gandhi was sentenced to six years imprisonment by Judge Broomfield for treason committing acts of civil disobedience against British laws.

“On March 10, 1922, Gandhiji was arrested on charges of sedition. The British used three articles published by Gandhiji in Young India as the basis for his treason. On March 18, 1922, Judge Broomfield tried the case and sentenced Gandhi to 6 years in prison for sedition. While in prison, Gandhi wrote the first part of his autobiography ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’ and the Satyagraha movement in South Africa. He was released after two years with appendicitis.”