Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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    fascinating things about Mohandas Gandhi is that the childhood version of the individual we all know as the poster model for restraint was the polar opposite. Born in the small coastal port of Porbandar in India, Gandhi was not much different than his peers. He came from a well-respected and largely religious family and was the youngest of six children. When he was still very young, Mohandas and his family moved to Rajkot for his father to become the Dewan. Once in Rajkot, Gandhi was placed in a primary

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    He had refused to pay taxes to the American government. However he had to but didn’t so it led Thoreau to go to jail. He did not mind though he believed in the right to sound what he did. Sixty years later in South Africa, a lawyer named Mohandas Gandhi, well he discovered that he lacked full right in South America. The laws treated all South Americans in second class. He was one the greatest know to help and spread freedom.Thoreau's Civil Disobedience espouses the need to prioritize one's conscience

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    Reflection 3 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an important figure in the history of South Asia of the twentieth century, Based on your readings, assess the political importance of Gandhi and compare Metcalf`s approach with that of Jalal and Bose. In the time of colonization, emerged a great number of political and religious figures that have had a profound impact on the people of India, many of them are to this day remember as national heroes. Perhaps the most famous of them all was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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    Gandhi is a 1982 film based on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s life events. Responding to challenge has many different outcomes. Some respond peacefully and some respond with violence. Violence should never be the answer.Throughout the film Gandhi, watchers realize that Gandhi only wants peace. He wants to fight back but with no violence. Throughout the film, the director's shows the idea of manners through Gandhi’s actions. Gandhi become very involved in campaigns that would help to the Indian people

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    Kasturba and Mohandas Although the U.S. has had independence for quite a while, many countries have had to fight longer and harder for independence. India, for example, had to fight for independence, while they were under the rule of the British. India had to fight many injustices; for example, they were not allowed to vote or hold positions of power in government. There was also the caste system, a system ranking people by their class, this was unfair because the caste you were born into was the

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    march which had the Indian independence. Gandhi played a major role in the development of nonviolence and peace activities. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual bellwether of India and the Indian independence movement. He had many adherents, and edified many how to protest placidly, instead of utilizing violence and war. Gandhi is a role model for many people today and is one of the most famous of all nonviolent activists. Gandhi made an immensely colossal impact on

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    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. He became an underdog shortly after he died. I’m here to tell you how and why he became an underdog. “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. Mahatma Gandhi studied law and advocated for the civil rights of Indians, both at home under British rule and

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born in 2 October 1869 in Porbandar and died in Delhi on January 30 1948, at the age of 78 years old. He is from a rich Hindouiste family of the caste of Vaishyas (caste of the traders), just below the caste of the members of a religious order of the warriors. He is the youngest of his 3 other brothers. He was a spiritual guide and an Indian politician. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, is Prime Minister of a small principality by inheritance of the privileges of his family

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    Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. had a very big influence on the world. Both men had tried to bring peace and wanted to free their people of whatever problems they were going through. They also had different ways of achieving their goals; however, they both had used non-violence as a method to gain freedom. Both Gandhi and King tried to gain independence for their people, they both had different ideas such as on how to gain their independence.add parenthetical documentation According to

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    Mohandas Gandhi      Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as mahatma Gandhi, was a Indian nationalist leader, who established his country's freedom through a nonviolent revolution.      Gandhi became a leader in a difficult struggle, the Indian campaign for home rule. He believed and dedicated his life to demonstrating that both individuals and nations owe it to themselves to stay free, and to allow the same freedom to others. Gandhi was one

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