Was Gandhi a success??

First of all i want to clear one doubt to start with.I neither am a fan of Gandhi nor against him but as an Indian i have every right to assess a person who had such a huge impact on India's history.Yes he played a major role in India's freedom but can we forget or belittle the sacrifices of Azads, Bhagat singhs or S.C Bose.If it was these people alone we might not have been independent for another 20 years.But that's a different topic.What i want to discus is, were Gandhian ways of fighting relevant all over and under every circumstances.The fact that none of other freedom struggles all over world has taken to his ways speaks a lot.Every other African country has a bloody struggle going on between different factions.Gandhi's own country has taken advantage of his ways in a vary shameful manner.Hartals and bands are quite a frequent happenings in India but there non-violent character is something that has not been seen since Gandhi.I think Gandhi's way of fighting can be successful only in case the oppressor is prone to public opinion and media scrutiny as was the case with the British empire.Surely a Fast unto death would not have been much successful for Jews against Hitler because he had no fear of wrong or right.May it's difficult to find enemies like British empire of imperialist times.So in a way Gandhi didn't give the world any new harmless weapon to fight evil.Gandhi was more of a person who had certain beliefs and he tried to apply them practically in life under all circumstances.Surely he can be credited with the qualities of persistence and determination.He was not somebody who thought anything new but surely he had the guts to say what everyone else also knew was right.He was not afraid of death.May be thats the fear in many people that prevents them from doing what they know is right.Gandhi never cared for his family more than his principles.In this way two of most common fears never bothered him.Hence he was able to Experiment his beliefs in the lab of life.No doubt his book was titled 'My Experiments With Truth'.I think that only universally acceptable thing he taught the world was that one should have the guts to live life in his own way as long as he doesn't hurt others in pursuit of his way of life and that can be done only by being true to yourself