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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a human rights activist who fought for the independence of India from British Rule. His revolutionary protest methods inspired the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and others. However, many despised Gandhi’s methods. One night, Gandhi, after shaming the city of Delhi, was heading to a prayer meeting and it was there that Nathuram Godse fired three point-blank shots at Gandhi, killing him on the spot. Gandhi’s assassination was justified because he employed controversial

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was India's greatest political and moral leader. He was born in Gujarat on October 2, 1869 and assassinated on January 30, 1948. In his 79 years of lifetime, he was able to accomplish so many things for the discriminated and all of India. His acts and ideologies still affects the world today. He was born in Gujarat on October 2, 1869 to a prime minister of Rajkot and a faithful Hindu woman. His mother Putilbai's faith in Hindu affected Gandhi

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely known as “Mahatma Gandhi,” was popular for his involvement in the independence movement against the British rule of India, as well as advocating for the rights of Indians in South Africa. He was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2, 1869. Gandhi studied law and began organizing boycotts and other peaceful forms of civil disobedience against British institutions in an effort to reduce British influence on Indian culture, and ultimately, gain independence. Despite

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    his debut on the political scene primarily around 1919, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi changed the course of India's movement towards independence permanently for the next century. The former British lawyer discovered his niche in government and leadership in South Africa, which he then took back to his homeland of South Asia. By pursuing his moral-based political ideology through the use of predominantly non-violent non-cooperation practices, Gandhi struck made impacts, both positive and negative, throughout

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    Introduction Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is more popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2nd, 1869 and passed away on January 30th, 1948. He was the most popular leader of the Indian nationalist movement during the British-rule that lasted for nearly a century in India. He was the most adamant supporter of the non-violent civil disobedience and was the leader that inspired the move towards independence and civil rights amongst the Indians. Gandhi was born on the coastal regions

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    So by doing so, it allows leaders and governments to better understand how the people feel about certain laws or rules. In Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s speech “On Civil Disobedience” he says, “No clapping is possible without two hands to do it, and no quarrel without two persons to make it. Similarly, no State is possible without two entities, the rulers and the ruled. Your are our

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Ho Chi Minh are the leaders of national independent movements from late 19th to early 20th century. Both of them defeated the colonial rulers and won national independence. This paper will talk about the influences of ideas and circumstances, the goals that they wanted to get and the historical significance of their behaviors. It is very easy to find that these two leaders living in two very different social and political circumstances. Gandhi’s mother’s education

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    Gandhi Informative Speech

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    world,” Uttered Mohandas, Karamchand Gandhi, This quote symbolizes a life of nonviolence. A life of Tragedy. A Life of Victory. His life. Mohandas or Mahatma as he was commonly known, fought for racial justice in South Africa and freedom for India from Britain. He wasn't the brightest in school or the best looking, but he overcame hardship and, through countless hours of peaceful protest, achieved independence for a land of the hopeful, India. A compact being Nonetheless, but Gandhi, ‘Could turn a

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was one of the most admired and influential religious political leaders of the twentieth century. Gandhi is acknowledged as the Father of the Nation or Bapu due to his astonishing contributions towards the independence of India, by becoming an amazing freedom fighter who led India as a leader of Nationalism, against British rule. Gandhi was one of such that believed in nonviolence, the unity of people, and bringing spirituality upon Indian politics. He worked incredibly

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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    Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, pronounced [moːɦən̪d̪aːs kərəmʨən̪d̪ ɡaːn̪d̪ʱiː] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence, which helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom

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