Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869, Porbandar, India. His father was Karamchand Gandhi, the Chief Minister of Porbandar, and his mother was Putlibai Gandhi. His religion was Hinduism. For his education, Gandhi went to University College London and Alfred High School in Rajkot. At the age of 13, Gandhi was married to another 13 year old woman named Kasturbai Mankhanji in May, 1883. When he was 15, he had his first child. His children were Harilal Gandhi, Devdas Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi and Manilal Gandhi. Learning and teaching love, kindness, peace and justice was one thing he never got tired of doing and so many people decided to follow him and look up at him as their leader.
Mahatma Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. He believed in non-violent protest and religious acceptance. He was and still is considered the Father of Independence.
Mahatma Gandhi’s main and very desperate goal was to bring freedom to India. He wanted to make India independent from British rule since they treated the Indians in a very cruel way. He did not want to use violence and his non-violent approach influenced many to do the same like Martin Luther King Junior. Gandhi helped establish India’s new government and helped overthrow the British rule which lead to India’s independence, the most valuable thing.
Gandhi set out to achieve his goal, making India become free from British rule, and got independence by doing non-violent protests because he believed that there must be no enemy and only one opponent who has not yet been convinced of the truth. He also did not use British products such as clothing and salt. Gandhi fasted several times in his life. He fasted 3 weeks in the autumn of 1924, a 6- day fast in September, 1932 and on May 8th, he began a 21- day fast. He was a great leader to his followers but failed to maintain unity between the Hindus and Muslims. He was also upset that Pakistan separated from India. Even so, he tried his best to help all of India.
Gandhi’s philosophy reflected India in a good way because he acted nonviolent for a reason. He didn’t cause problems or make moves which could’ve hurt India and its people or get them into wars. Gandhi did not claim to be a prophet or even a philosopher. “There is no such thing as Gandhism,” he warned “and I do not want to leave any sect (group) after me.”
On January 30, 1938, Gandhi was assassinated at the Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi, India. He was aged 78 when he was assassinated by a Hindu which is very surprising. The assassin killed him with three bullets about three feet away from him. The assassin was immediately seized and was later identified as a center of resistance to Gandhi’s philosophy.
Before Gandhi left Earth, he accomplished the one thing he came for; he gave India its independence and left them in peace.
Mahatma Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. He believed in non-violent protest and religious acceptance. He was and still is considered the Father of Independence.
Mahatma Gandhi’s main and very desperate goal was to bring freedom to India. He wanted to make India independent from British rule since they treated the Indians in a very cruel way. He did not want to use violence and his non-violent approach influenced many to do the same like Martin Luther King Junior. Gandhi helped establish India’s new government and helped overthrow the British rule which lead to India’s independence, the most valuable thing.
Gandhi set out to achieve his goal, making India become free from British rule, and got independence by doing non-violent protests because he believed that there must be no enemy and only one opponent who has not yet been convinced of the truth. He also did not use British products such as clothing and salt. Gandhi fasted several times in his life. He fasted 3 weeks in the autumn of 1924, a 6- day fast in September, 1932 and on May 8th, he began a 21- day fast. He was a great leader to his followers but failed to maintain unity between the Hindus and Muslims. He was also upset that Pakistan separated from India. Even so, he tried his best to help all of India.
Gandhi’s philosophy reflected India in a good way because he acted nonviolent for a reason. He didn’t cause problems or make moves which could’ve hurt India and its people or get them into wars. Gandhi did not claim to be a prophet or even a philosopher. “There is no such thing as Gandhism,” he warned “and I do not want to leave any sect (group) after me.”
On January 30, 1938, Gandhi was assassinated at the Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi, India. He was aged 78 when he was assassinated by a Hindu which is very surprising. The assassin killed him with three bullets about three feet away from him. The assassin was immediately seized and was later identified as a center of resistance to Gandhi’s philosophy.
Before Gandhi left Earth, he accomplished the one thing he came for; he gave India its independence and left them in peace.
Gandhi’s Famous Quotes
- Where there is love there is life.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
- An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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