Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Yes. Why else would he lead his country that way?
Gandhi had reason to believe that the British were better trained and better armed than his own military. But he also knew that in the end he would win. He says this in the movie Gandhi
Brigadier: You don't think we're just going to walk out of India!
Gandhi: Yes. In the end, you will walk out. Because 100,000 Englishmen simply cannot control 350 million Indians, if those Indians refuse to cooperate.
I think this is as good an answer to your question as I can give you.