Sierra Fernandez 11-9-12 Anthropology 113 Gandhi Mahatma What I find most interesting about Mahatma Gandhi and his life and work is how he was a very spiritual leader to many people and people looked up to him as one of their hero’s. Mahatma Gandhi was considered a father of the Indian Independence Movement and believed in non-violence. I find it very interesting how Mahatma Gandhi went on a Salt March for 24 days and walked 241 miles with his satyagrahis to the coast where they had picked
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Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India (1978) were not satisfactory in providing adequate protection to the ‘right to life and personal liberty’ guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution of India . Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India (AIR 1978 SC 597) is a landmark judgment and played the most significant role towards the transformation of the judicial view on Article 21 of the constitution of India so as to imply many more fundamental rights from Article 21. The factual summary of Maneka Gandhi case
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‘Bapu’ and ‘Chacha’: Builders of Modern India During the last two thousand five hundred years and more of India’s history‚ two individual combinations made tremendous impact both on India’s civilization and polity. The first duo was that of Kautilya and his trusted disciple Chandragupta Maurya who together laid the foundation of the first great historical empire of ancient India. The other duo was that of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru who were instrumental in laying the base of a modern Indian
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Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was many things. He was a son‚ a husband‚ a lawyer‚ but he was admired worldwide as a great social reformer‚ political leader‚ and thinker. Through a unique method of nonviolence‚ he won civic rights and eventually independence for India’s people. Mahatma was born Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1869 in Porbandar‚ India. He lived there until 1888‚ when he left to study law at University College in London. In 1891‚ after having been admitted to the British bar‚ Gandhi
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should think that Gandhi was killed by a madman" One of the best speeches of All time‚ which is compared to Socrates’s speech in his trial. The Judge was astonished by his speech and commented that if India had followed the Jury system of giving judgments‚ Godse would have been adjudicated as "Not Guilty" by the Jury‚ cause after the speech‚ the whole audience was in tears. This is the speech given by Nathuram Godse in the court in his last trial for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi Born in a devotional
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Mahatma Gandhi‚ born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ came into the world on the 2nd of October‚ 1869 in Porbandar‚ Gujarat‚ India. He died on the 30th of January‚ 1948 in New Delhi‚ India. Gandhi was a great political and spiritual leader for India‚ when India was still under the rule of the British Empire. The word Mahatma means great soul. This name was not given Gandhi at birth by his parents‚ but many years later by the Indian people when they discovered they had a Mahatma in their midst. In May
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Gandhi: The Father of a Nation “Nearly everything you do is of no importance‚ but it is important that you do it.” -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi is known internationally and by all ages‚ whether old or young‚ for his practically one-handed defeat of the powerful British Empire. Mohandas Gandhi‚ often called Mahatma‚ a name meaning reverence or loving respect and more specifically Great Soul‚ or Bapu‚ meaning father‚ was born on October 2‚ 1869 and assassinated on January 30
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a huge part of history. Two of these leaders are Mohandas Gandhi and Adolf Hitler. Gandhi was mainly known for solving his people’s problems in a peaceful manner. Hitler was mainly known for being a dictator that started the Holocaust. Both of these leaders made huge influences on the people around them. Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town in Gujarat‚ Western India. Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against
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viewed these untouchables;; Gandhi believed it was unfair and wrong to treat people this way. I’m glad there are people like him in the world who are willing to stand up and work towards a good cause.The book we are reading in class‚ Gandhi: His Life and Message‚ by Louis Fischer is an eye opener to whom Gandhi was and what he believed in. Gandhi was apologist against the caste system of India and the British government‚
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Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand) "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever walked upon this earth in flesh and blood". -Albert Einstein Throughout history most national heroes have been warriors‚ but Gandhi was a passive and peaceful preacher of morals‚ ethics‚ and beliefs. He was an outsider who ended British rule over India without striking a blow. Moreover‚ Gandhi was
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