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    who had made peaceful and non-violent movements against British. These events were marked as of prominence importance in the history. One of the greatest examples of nationalists in India was Mahatma Gandhi, a modernist. He had employed Satyagraha (passive resistance) movements like Salt March, Mass movements, and Quit India movement. He had also made his clothes from a spinning wheel instead of buying them from English people. As a result of these movements, he made India an independent nation and

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    India was granted independence from the British on 15 August 1947. Her to path independence was not because of one person or just one movement. It was rather a collection of multiple events which were both violent and nonviolent in nature. In essence the Indian Independence Movement lasted nearly a century starting with the Sepoy rebellion(1857) to the formation of the Indian National Congress to the Salt Satyagraha(1929) to the Quit India Movement (1942) and finally Independence in the 1947. In this

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    lawyer who became the primary leader of India 's independence movement. Better known as Mahatma Gandhi, he not only led India to independence from British rule but also inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world in several other countries. Best remembered for his employment of nonviolent means of civil disobedience, he led Indians in the Dandi Salt March to protest against the British-imposed salt tax and launched the Quit India Movement, a mass protest demanding "an orderly British

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    leadership styles to Fidel Castro. Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi was born in 1869 in the Bombay region of Porbandar, Gujarat (DuToit, 1996). He is known as one of the greatest leaders from India and is said to be the father of the Indian Independence Movement. Gandhi did not become a spiritual and political leader overnight and was influenced by a number of events throughout his life. From an unlavished childhood, Gandhi was able to attend law school in London. This was once step in the direction

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    conspiracy. Gandhi found himself imprisoned from 1919 through 1931 on charges of conspiracy. Upon release, he returned to campaigning for equality, leading a 200 mile march to the Indian Ocean in protest of government oppression. After securing Indian independence in the 1940s, Gandhi lent a hand resolving a conflict among Hindus and Muslims in Bengal, ultimately meeting his death from assassination. https://www.reference.com/history/mahatma-gandhi-famous-75c92afce4074ee1 “Live as if you were going to die

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    Early days Mahatma Gandhi was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world. 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. The Indian classics, especially the stories of and king Harishchandra, had a great impact on Gandhi in

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    Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. When Gandhi was 23 years old, he left his family behind and went to South Africa, arriving in British-governed Natal in May 1893. Gandhi arrived there and was hoping to earn a little bit of money and to learn more about law; instead, he went from a very quiet and shy man to a resilient and potent leader against discrimination. This all started when he took a business trip after he arrived in South Africa. He boarded the

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    wasn’t justified because he was a major figure in leading India to its independence,he wanted to retain all of British India as a single country and he stuck with his brand of non-violence never resorting to violence even in the toughest situations. Influenced by his religious mother who was a Jainism, ascetic religion governed by tenets of self-discipline and nonviolence. Gandhi began his activism towards India’s independence from Great Britain among other injustices. Sadly, on January 30, 1948

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    and does not help to solve them, is no religion” (“Young India, 7-5-'25,” 164). Religion to Gandhi required an effect on everyday life. Gandhi had no fear and allowed religion to affect his daily affairs. This was imperative to the many radical movements and ideas Gandhi proposed. When he founded the Natal Indian Congress at twenty-five, he was a tabula rasa: he tried out ideas which in an established political organization would have been directly laughed at (Nanda, Shri B. R). However, due to his

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    Historically, there were many good leaders. Each of them were unique with their attributes. However, there were only some leaders that were very effective. One of these leaders was Gandhi. Gandhi was a leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule by using nonviolent civil disobedience. Another example was Julius Caesar who was a leader in the Roman Republic and transformed the republic into an empire. However, Caesar lacked attributes that Gandhi has that could have made him a

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