This primary source document was taken from the book “The Essential Gandhi.” It was written by Mahatma Gandhi himself‚ an Indian immigrant and activist who led the Indian movement to free India from British rule. He was able to accomplish this through nonviolent civil disobedience acts by himself and by others who followed him. 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
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“Solider of Nonviolence” 1. There has been more than 500 books written about the life and thoughts of Mohandas Gandhi. This tells us that he was a very influential man in our society 2. an intensely joyful man who instigated a movement based on suffering without limit. 3. Satyagraha is the word that describes Gandhi’s philosophy 4. He rejected paths to truth that focused only on personal salvation or individual enlightenment. And the only path to truth is the path of non-violence
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Analyse the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the freedom movement of India Jyoti The father of the Nation. Mahatma Gandhi was one of these great men who dedicated their whole life to theservice of the mankind. Like Buddha and Christ before him hetoo was born to carry the message of peace‚ truth and Non-violence to the strife turn world. He was born on October 2.1869 A.D. in a trading family of porbander‚ a small town in Kathiawara. His full name was Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi and his father was the Diwan
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[8] was born on 2 October 1869[1] in Porbandar‚ a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency‚ British India.[9] He was born in his ancestral home‚ now known as Kirti Mandir.[10] His father‚ Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885)‚ who belonged to the HinduModh community‚ served as the diwan (a high official) of Porbander state‚ a small princely state in theKathiawar Agency of British India.[10][11] His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi‚ also called Utta Gandhi.[10] His mother
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Biographical Sketch: Kasturba Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi was a renowned figure for all of India and was always there to help Mohandas Gandhi out. Kasturba was born on April 11‚ 1869 to Gokuladas Makharji‚ a wealthy business man. She married Mohandas Gandhi in 1882 when she was only 13 years old. At that time she could not read or write because she hadn’t had the proper schooling. Mohandas taught to both read and write and that would come in handy later when she was delivering speeches that led
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Mohandas Gandhi‚ Whom most people know as Mahatma‚ meaning “Great Soul‚” is one of the most prevalent images in the minds of those who think about great leaders‚ in the movement for human rights and non-violence. However‚ not much is known about his life as a child and his achievements in the early twentieth century. All the staging grounds in Gandhi’s stance towards non violence‚ human rights‚ and peace took place in the years leading up to the twentieth century and the first
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Relevance of Gandhi in Modern Times | | by Rajen Barua | | | Looking at the present state of affairs in India‚ the birthplace of Gandhi‚ one would probably surmise that Gandhism‚ whatever the term may mean‚ cannot have any relevance in modern times. Gandhi is called the Father of the Nation who‚ single handedly stood up against the mighty British Empire‚ without any arms‚ and brought her independence. However‚ today‚ just after 60 years of his assassination‚ Gandhi is remembered in India
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Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in the world for four major virtues. They are non-violence‚ truth‚ love and fraternity. By applying these four virtues he brought freedom to India. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in Porebandar of Gujarat on 2 October 1869. His father was an officer in charge of a Province. Mohandas married while he was reading in High School. After passing the Entrance Examination he went to England to study law. M. K.Gandhi was not born great. He was
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When Gandhi was 16 his father became very ill. Being very devoted to his parents‚ he attended to his father at all times during his illness. However‚ one night‚ Gandhi’s uncle came to relieve Gandhi for a while. He retired to his bedroom where carnal desires overcame him and he made love to his wife. Shortly afterward a servant came to report that Gandhi’s father had just died. Gandhi felt tremendous guilt and never could forgive himself. He came to refer to this event as "double shame." The incident
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The power of Nonviolence Gandhi Everyone in his/her life there is always some kind of inspiration movies‚ books‚ or person when I read about a history about Gandhi; I try to find more about him. After learning and knowing more about Gandhi‚ he became one of my inspirations. Whenever someone talks about violence I give them an example of Gandhi. When a person thinks of ideas of non- violence‚ the first thought that comes to his/her mind is that there must be a great person who loves his/her enemies
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