“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” The power of the mind is unstoppable; Mohandas Gandhi born in India in 1869 was one man who could control his life with the muscle of his mind. Known for leading the Indians to independence and using non violence tactics as a way of protest, Gandhi is remembered as the leader of the Indian Nation. Mohandas Gandhi believed that how people behave is more important than what they achieve. With this as his guide along with his unconditional faith Mohandas Gandhi was able to take great risks, suffer from the consequences, and persevere his way to peace.…
In his long life he fought for human rights. He was one of the men that made India an independent country. Through a peace insurrection. Even in his tragic death he is one of the greatest men ever born.…
Mohandas K. Gandhi, known to the world as The Mahatma, or the "Great Soul", brought a great gift to the modern world. That gift was the light of Non-Violence, of Service to the Community and of Social Justice. His life served as an example and this light became a torch which illuminated our world and which saved us from our own inhumanity to each other.…
* Lelyveld, Joseph. Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.…
As he was “fighting” freedom for his country from the British Empire, India was struggling with the discrimination that they own caste system infringed over the ones denominated “untouchables”, which showed Gandhi and his movement as a double standard revolution.…
Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of India’s independence movements; he persevered to advocate for Indians rights at home…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, one of the worlds most preeminent leaders of the Indian Independence, will forever be known as one of the greatest leaders this world has ever seen. Gandhi's determination to fight for his country has impacted others leading to many outbursts worldwide. Gandhi put forth his life in order to gain India their independence in which was being deprived by the British. India's inferiority in its education, in comparison to the British, motivated Gandhi to fight for his Indian Independence from colonialism causing uprisings to come about in order to bring freedom to his country.…
For instance, he acted with integrity and respect for self and the dignity of others; he was resilient when in South Africa; he fought for the rights of Indians while confronting the outrageous obstacles. Nevertheless, he does these actions with incredible peace and like a lion, Gandhi’s selfless dedication to human rights and continuous fight for independence for his country is indeed overwhelmingly inspiring to me…
Today I’m going to talk about Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also known as “Bapu” meaning father. Relative to Indians and India, he led us to independence in 1947 from the British Rule.…
These are excerpts from Gandhi’s writings conveying how he was able to win over the British government as a spiritual leader through nontraditional means. These excerpts are part of Gandhi’s biography and serve as a way to preserve Gandhi’s message to the world. It introduces us to his beliefs, political viewpoints, and philosophies as well as his own spirituality. By the 1900’s prejudices against people from other colonies…
The police burned his most precious possessions; he had his journal and valuable’s that they had burnt. Sant Jarnail Singh went to Indira Gandi, the 3rd prime minister of India and said, “You burnt my possessions, what if those were your children?” He carried weapons with him but never killed an innocent man unless he was a cruel man. When the attack on Darbar sahib was going on he was loading guns and piling them up. He had no regret on his face and he knew all this was happening all because of him.…
Throughout Gandhi’s life he was thrown many obsticles, few of which some were discrimination, racism, injustice against Indian’s which started to question their status. This was some of the few things that influenced Gandhi to become the leader that he became. His first leadership role took place when he went to South Africa in 1893 to fight for his community and assist the Indians in opposing a bill to deny them the right to vote. He and his fellow Indian’s made many protests and signs but were suppressed by the South African government. Many of the Indian’s, including himself, were either jailed, flogged, or shot in the…
* One of the most important Hindu figures in the last hundred years is a man named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He, for me, indicates an unconquerable spirit, filled with compassion for civilization and never appearing in the least bit overwhelmed by anyone or anything. The fact that he was known as Mahatma or 'Great Soul' speaks in far more meaningful terms of his true value to the world than my own insufficient impressions can.…
Gandhi is a selfless leader in the history.His approach had nothing to do with his personal interest and in fact, he sacrificed his comfort and his family’s to bring about the change.On several occasions, he was humiliated,…
He was raised in the countryside of Gujarat in a family of Leva- Patidar. He traveled to attend schools in Nadiad, Petlad and Borsad, living self-sufficiently with other boys. He reputedly cultivated a stoic (baring severe pain) character—a popular anecdote (story) recounts how he lanced (make cut) his own painful boil without hesitation, even as the barber supposed to do it trembled (shake).[6] He passed his matriculation at the late age of 22.…