A Peaceful Protester Peace, love, and loyalty are words that people think of when they think of Mohandas Gandhi. Mohandas Gandhi changed the world by being a peaceful, tolerant rebel. He showed the world that people could be strong even though you have no power and use no violence. He left a legacy as a peaceful protester. When Gandhi was in his early years, he was known as a hero (Rau,51). In his early life, he was a hero that was frail on the outside, but strong on the inside (Compton's,15). Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the state of Porbandar (Williams, online). His dad was a chief minister and his mom was a very religious woman who gave the idea of religion to Gandhi (Williams, online). All …show more content…
There were many things that happened to him during his education times. During his education times, he married at the age of 13 and missed one of his years of learning (Nanda, online). Also, he worked to reconcile religious sects (Compton's,16). This was a big thing when you are young and still in school. His protests started when he was a kid. This is a very hard thing to do and take all the responsibility. He took all the responsibility and took all the leadership from when he was a kid. Another question that people ask is how he got smart? He read books and went to school. His dad was a minister and had the money to send Gandhi to school (Nanda, online). He went to England for school and studied law there (Nanda/Biography, online). That is where he went to college. He was the best at everything at school (Nanda, online). He went to school and gained his education to change the world in the later …show more content…
He is known worldwide for his nonviolent protests. During his great times, he made protests and began hunger strikes for peace (Williams, online). He fasted, began campaigning, and went to prison for 6 years all for peace. He would give up his life or peace and equality (Williams, online). He made the life-threatening act for peace among all. He began a revolution and saved the world 3 times (Nanda, online). He is a hero among all. One thing he fought for was the Salt March. He walked with thousands of people on March 12, 1930 (Williams, online). The destination of the trip was Ahmedabad from Dandi (Rau,1). It was a 390 km protest (Biography, online). This event was a protest that Gandhi managed for no salt tax on the Indians (Student Discovery, 23). At the end of the march, Gandhi had an exchange with Lord Irwin to end the salt tax forever (Biography, online). Gandhi has also worked in politics. He retired his title of leader of Indian National Congress to work at a rural community (Rau,69). After his retirement, he kept helping others with their lives that were in a struggle (Williams, online). He negotiated with the 1914 African government to remove restrictions on all the deserving Indians (Nagel,35). He also made law practices in his career. He set up laws in Bombay with no success but got an offer to work in South Africa (Williams, online). He accepted the position and went down to South Africa