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    Movement Sarojini Naidu was moved by the partition of Bengal in 1905 and decided to join the Indian freedom struggle. She met regularly with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ who later introduced her to the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement. She met Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. With such an encouraging environment‚ Sarojini later moved on to become leader of the Indian National Congress Party. She traveled extensively to the United States of America

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    prominence through his work as a journalist‚ publishing works critical of the British Raj and espousing the causes of Indian nationalism. Azad became the leader of the Khilafat Movement during which he came into close contact with Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. Azad became an enthusiastic supporter of Gandhi’s ideas of non-violent civil disobedience‚ and worked actively to organize the Non-cooperation movement in protest of the 1919 Rowlatt Acts. Azad committed himself to Gandhi’s ideals‚ including promoting Swadeshi (Indigenous)

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    References: 1. Smith‚ Jean Edward‚ Grant‚ Simon and Shuster‚ 2001‚ pp. 87-88 2 Hendrix‚ George. "The Influence of Thoreau ’s "Civil Disobedience" on Gandhi ’s Satyagraha". The New England Quarterly. 1956. Meyerson‚ Joel et al Rosenwald‚ Lawrence. "The Theory‚ Practice & Influence of Thoreau ’s Civil Disobedience". William Cain‚ ed. A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau. Cambridge: Oxford University Press

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    Citizens rely on their leaders to solve problems in a quick and easy way. They will then label a leader good or bad based on the conclusion of the problem they were faced with instead of allowing the leader to earn or downgrade to a title.Leaders should be labeled properly with their characteristics‚ they demonstrate while leading. The traits of virtue‚ fortune‚ and power politics play a powerful role in how effective of a leader someone is. If a leader misuse these traits then he will not be as

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    will surpass the United States in planetary dominance. The Indian people are some of the most hard-working and resolved people in the world‚ much like the Americans were in the 19th and early 20th centuries. On 1869 October 2‚ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbander in modern-day Gujarat‚ where his father served in the Indian government under the rule of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (now the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 1927 and commonly known

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    of multicellular organisms. It should not be confused with excretion‚ which is getting rid of waste formed from the chemical reaction of the body‚ such as in urine‚ sweat‚ etc *Liver is the largest gland in the body Mahatma Gandhi Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Porbandor‚

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    How did Mahatma Gandhi become a leader? - Mahatma Gandhi was the leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism - Born and raised in a Hindu environment‚he was trained in law at the Inner Temple‚ London In 1888 - he joined the Vegetarian Society‚ was elected to its executive committee‚ Some of the vegetarians he met were members of the Theosophical Society‚ which had been founded in 1875 and which was devoted to the study of Buddhist and Hindu literature. They encouraged Gandhi to join them in

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    the quality of mind or spirit without violence is Mohanads Karmachand Ghandi is often referred to as Mahatma or the "Great Soul"‚ was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha‚ or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience—a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa‚ or total nonviolence‚ he was quoted as saying: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."‚ "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for

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    different worldviews‚ it is hard to pinpoint our own actual worldview. We have to look through so many different icons and it is still hard to pinpoint their actual worldview. It seems that many worldviews have such similar aspects. Notably‚ Mahatma Gandhi had a Buddhist worldview. He views Buddhism as cleansed Hinduism. His view on many subjects were very clear and he became a role model for mostly everyone that came in contact with him. He fought for India is known for his constant non-violent struggle

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    chairman of the national Integration Council? (a)The President‚(b) The Vice-President‚(c) The Prime Minister‚ (d) The Chief Justice of India. 7. Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Gandhi? (a) Annie Besant‚ (b) Mridula Sarabhai‚(c) Muthu Lakshmi‚(d) Sarojini Naidu. 8. Where did Mahatma Gandhi First apply his technique of Satyagraha? (a) Dandi‚ (b) Champaran‚ (c)England‚ (d) South Africa 9. What is NABARD’s primary role? (a) To provide term loans to state co-operative Banks‚ (b) To assist state

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