Gandhi
Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule at the turn of the twentieth century, and is widely considered the father of his country. His doctrine of non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress, and struggles against oppression have been greatly influential globally. He travelled to South Africa as a young law graduate, and returned to India as Mahatma, the ‘great-souled one’.
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary” – Gandhi.
Awards:
Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ (1930)
Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Century’ runner-up (1999)
Timeline:
1869 – On October 2, Mohandas 'Mahatma ' (meaning "the great-souled one") Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandor (Sudamapuri), Gujarat, Indonesia. He had three elder siblings, two brothers and one sister. His mother, Putlibai, is considered to have had a great religious influence on Mohandas from childhood. Gandhi was born into a Hindu family and the privileged merchant caste, and received moderate education. He attended primary and middle school in Porbandor, and attended high school in Rajkot, Gujarat. He was considered a mediocre student, not outstanding academically or physically, but was shown to have deep understanding of principles of truth and discipline from a young age.
1883 - At age 13 in May, Mahatma married Kasturbai Makhanji (age 14), in a customary arranged child marriage.
1885 – Gandhi’s father Karamchand Gandhiji, the
To begin with, in the middle of Gandhi's speech, he attempts to prove non violence is the most effective way to approach the movement and he does this by appealing to the audience's emotions using abstract diction. He exclaims, “In a violent struggle, a successful General has been often known to effect a military coup and to set up a dictatorship.” He first announces “ In a violent struggle” , which can trigger the audience's curiosity and make them want to hear his reasoning on why violence is not right. Taking this a little further, he uses the word “struggle” to extract the audience’s pain and sorrow, two emotions they would like to avoid. When Gandhi associates violence and struggle, he is making the audience remove themselves from harming others, by not participating in harmful day to day acts or year long movements. Audience members want to disassociate themselves from
Mahatma Gandhi: Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India in 1869 and died in 1948. He was western educated, specifically trained in England. Although he was a nationalist, he was anti-modern because he was skeptical to industrialism. He believed in the ideal of satyagraha, the non-tolerance of evil, but also the understanding that violence is not the answer to that evil. He also believed in non-violence. He did not cooperate with anything British, specifically trading with the British, British schooling or products, and even paying taxes to the British. He served as a civil rights activist after being thrown off a train when refusing to move from his seat in first class. He became the leading member of Congress Party in the 1930’s and shortly after participated in the March to Sea for salt during the British imposed salt tax. Every single aspect of Gandhi’s life was peaceful, if the people around him decided to disobey and use violence as a means of getting what they wanted, Gandhi would take it upon himself to fast. He was eventually assassinated by a Hindus
Mohandas K. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. Gandhi’s mother, Putlibai Gandhi, was illiterate, but her intelligence and religious devotion had a great impact on Gandhi’s character. Gandhi’s father, Karamchand Gandhi, was the chief of the
Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 in a small town called Porbandar, in India, his mother
Before leading the salt march in India and becoming one of the most well known Indian civil rights activists, Gandhi studied law in London and left for twenty years to pursue being a lawyer in South Africa. While there, Gandhi experienced racism because Indians were looked down upon in South Africa. Once becoming involved in the law, he began to involve himself in helping to reduce racial injustices and became the largest advocate in South Africa for Indian rights. Gandhi’s experiences in South Africa prepared him for and allowed him to become the political influence he was for his people when he returned to India.
Gandhi was a civil rights leader who passively fought for equality in British ruled India. His full name is, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He used non-aggressive tactics to gain rights from the British. Gandhi led India to independence, and inspired people to form civil rights movements across his birth country. His most famous march was the Dandi Salt March, in which Gandhi led Indians 250 miles to challenge the British’s tax on salt, this caused Britain to stop residing and controlling India.
Mahatma Gandhi (the great-souled one) is renowned all over the world for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance. Gandhi was praised by the London Times as ‘‘the most influential figure India has produced for generations’’ in the “Mr. Gandhi” article they published in 1948. Gandhi has most notably affected, civil rights movements in three regions of the world; South Africa, America and India.
In History, we have always learned about heroes, leaders, and people who made accomplishments that in a way have changed the world. We live for what others have done. Any courageous step taken by an individual in order to achieve a goal, a belief, and seek for a right, comes only from a person with leadership, huge spirit, and greatness. We have always looked back at leaders in our history that have made life easier for us. For that, I would like to write about an extraordinary personality that has achieved a big, difficult step for the good of Indians. Mohandas Gandhi is considered for many people the man of the century. This poor man has done what powerful political rulers couldn’t do. The Mahatma had fought and joined many
The essential of Gandhi is anthology of his life. It is separated into two parts. One as Gandhi the man and the other as the Mahatma meaning Great Soul. I was very much well interested in the readings of The Essential Gandhi. What I was most interested in was that he spoke with so much determination and compassion. His firm belief in nonviolence was presented very strongly. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Gandhi believed strongly in non-violent civil disobedience, so he states that violence provides only temporary relief or satisfaction, but the pain it causes people and societies is much greater. There is so much violence in the world today and some believe you have to fight violence with violence but Gandhi was very successful with his method of not acting upon violence in such of as in a hatred way. He solely helped India become independent with his method of nonviolence. Before I read this story I knew very little details of him, but the main thing that always puzzled me, what gave Gandhi the courage to make such a difference in the world?
Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian activist who led peaceful protests such as the salt march and fasting. When Great
In South Africa, he involved himself in an attempt to end discrimination against the minority Indians residing there. During this course, he developed “satyagarha”, which translates into “soul force”, or an approach of non-violence resistance, against the British governments in South Africa. In the years following the World War I, Gandhi became a leading figure in India for his struggle to achieve independent from the mighty British rule. His willingness to tolerate the punishments and the prison confinement earned him the title of “ Mahatama”, a “great soul” in India in 1914. (Mohandas Gandhi, 2015)
Mahatma Gandhi is renowned all over the world for his nonviolent philosophies and impact upon civil rights. He was the primary leader of India’s move towards independence. Gandhi engineered a form of non-violent protest that would influence the world. He was born on 2nd October, 1869, in Porbandar, India. Gandhi studied law and advocated for the civil rights of Indians, and influenced many civil rights movements. Even after his death, Gandhi’s actions inspired future civil rights movements around the globe. He most notably impacted, civil rights movements in three regions of the world; South Africa, India and America.
Mohandas Gandhi, later called Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2,1869 in Porbandar, which is the present day state of Gujarat, India (Andrews
Mahatma Gandhi was a political leader who brought peace to India, he had a peaceful method of non-violence, although many people think his death was just because he was gaining too much power and followers, but that is not a reason for him to have been killed and all he believed in was peace. Gandhi was a man who thought “live like there's no tomorrow” this was actually one of his famous quotes.Many people think that he had too much power and that’s why he was killed. All he really did was free India from the british using peaceful method it's not like he used an army to fight the british. His words are what got everyone behind him. I personally think it was unjust because all he wanted to do is end racial discrimination and be free from the british and that wasn't because he wanted for himself this was for everyone.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Gandhi, was born to Putlibai on October 2nd, 1869 in Porabandar,India. His father, Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi served as the Diwan chief minister of Porbandar state.