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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Born: October 2, 1869 in Probandar, India
Death: January 30, 1948 in New Delhi, India
Family: Had three brothers. ... Religion: Hindu
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was one of the most significant persons in the 20th century. ... Gandhi was successful in liberating India from the British rule through nonviolent resistance. ... However, Gandhi rejected the notion of peasants and workers forcibly taking land and factories, insisting they should instead appeal to the rich through the methods of nonviolent suffering. Gandhi once said, “Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. ...
Gandhian philosophy is the religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later in India. ... It is understood by Gandhi to denote active love. Gandhi assigns nonviolence stems from Divine Reality. ... Thus, as a result, many inconsistencies can be found in his writings, to which Gandhi readily admitted. ... Gandhi was not an intellectual. Rather, Gandhi conceived his philosophy only after he actively participated in the concept. ... Gandhi believed that the concepts of possession and private property were sources of violence, and thus, in contradiction with the Divine reality that all wealth belongs to all people. ... But Gandhi did condone use of violent means in certain circumstances. ... ” In general, if there is a choice between violence and cowardice, Gandhi advised violence. ... As a technique, Satyagraha was developed by Gandhi in South Africa to give the Indian population there a weapon with which to resist the injustices being perpetrated upon them by the colonial government. ...
It embodies numerous Western influences to which Gandhi was exposed, but being rooted in ancient Indian culture. Thus, Gandhi once said: "I have nothing new to teach the world. ... Diswakar sums up Gandhis thought in a few words: "The four words, truth, nonviolence, Sarvodaya and Satyagraha their significance constitute Gandhi and his teaching. ...
In the second section of the report, I will focus on how Gandhi implemented his philosophy in first helping the Indian population in South Africa and then later, liberating India from British rule.
As a young man Gandhi studied in London and in 1983, he took a one-year contract for law practice in South Africa. ... Gandhi extended his stay in South Africa to help secure rights for Indians. ... To oppose the Black Act, Gandhi and his colleagues formed the Passive resistance Association. ... Gandhi’s activity had won him worldwide respect, and when he arrived in India around 1915, his people called him “Mahatma. ... Gandhi named the Untouchables, harijans, or children of God. ... Gandhi established the Harijan Sevak Sangh, an association funded by Hindus who provided assistance such as educational scholarships, job training, and medical aid to untouchables. Gandhi believed in the caste system but didn’t think God wanted Untouchables. ... After returning from South Africa, Gandhi traveled through the country to observe the lives of Indians under the British rule. ...
Gandhi noticed that a majority of the clothes were made in Britain. ... As a symbolic event, Gandhi asked his followers to burn their British-made clothes. ... Gandhi initiated a movement called “Salt Satyagraha” which means boycotting salt made by the British on March 12, 1930. ... Gandhi led a procession known as “Dhandi March” with thousands of followers. ... To make Britain understand the importance of Indian labor, Gandhi asked his followers to abstain from work for a day. ... Gandhi made several attempts to establish peace between them. Late in 1948, Gandhi walked 116 miles through riot-torn Noakhali, Bengal, visiting 47 villages in a desperate effort at calming the Hindu-Muslim conflict.
Approximate Word count = 2871
Approximate Pages = 11.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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