Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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    Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being". The book The Essential Gandhi expresses Gandhi’s views on issues like untouchability, religion, nationality, his movements like civil-disobedience are deeply shown in this book. Readers can learn about Gandhi’s childhood, his early married life, his realization and transition in South Africa, and his ways of approach towards attaining Independence

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, most of them knew as “Mahatma” which means “Great Soul”. He was born in Porbandar, Gujarti Province in North West India, on 2nd October 1865. He was born as the third son to a wealthy family. His father’s name is Karamchand Gandhi and he was the Chief Minister of Porbandar Regional Government. His Mother, Puttibai, was a Hindu of the tenets is non-injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting and mutual broad-mindedness at very tender age. His ancestors belonged to the

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi often referred to as “Bapu” was born on October 2, 1869. He was brought up in a middle-class family where his father, Karamchand was chief minister of Porbandar where Gandhi was born as well. Gandhi was highly influenced from his mother, Putlibai who would fast on daily basis, which explains why Gandhi believed in fasting as well. He grew up around having Muslim and Christian friends. At the age of 13, he had an arranged marriage with Kasturba and later had four sons with

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    Yasmeen Sundareswaran Period 2 5/4/18 Gandhi's Impact Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who lead the non-violence movement in South Africa and India from 1969 to 1948, fought against racial prejudice, and helped India gain independence from the British. Gandhi went to India and saw how unfairly people were being treated and at the time, India was under Great Britain's rule, causing exploitation and deprivation of Indians. Gandhi wanted to change this, and began his non-violent changes that were extraordinary

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    Mohandas Gandhi was known in history for nonviolent philosophy with passive resistance. His nick name was ‘mahatma’ this translated to ‘the great souled one’. He was in South Africa before returning to his birth place of India in the 1900s. During World War 1, Gandhi was the main leading person in India’s struggle toward independence from Great Britain. He lived an ascetic lifestyle, which means he only dressed in loincloth and shawl. This was to show his Hindu faith. Gandhi was imprisoned many times

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    Two perfect examples of historically influential figures who have shown different ways to express their beliefs are Mohandas Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden. Mohandas Gandhi expressed his beliefs in a peaceful non-violent way and on the other hand, Osama Bin laden was cruel and violent expressing his ideas. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a civil rights leader known by many as Mahatma Gandhi which means, “the great souled one,” and was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India.

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    Maohandas Gandhi Maohanda Gandhi was a man of many names. This meaning, he impacted many people in his lifetime and was recognized as many things. His birth name, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, later became Mahatma, which translates to "a great soul." The common people of enslaved India reffered to him as "Savior" and "the Father of India." He recieved these names because of what he did throughout his life. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat. His father

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    Gandhi once said, “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” During the 1930’s and 40’s there were many people who fought for India’s independence, Gandhi being one of them, otherwise known as Mahatma Gandhi. He worked very hard towards gaining India’s independence quietly and peacefully. His efforts have influenced many good things all across the world. His way of fighting for India’s independence was under a term called

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    Salt Satyagraha Why did Gandhi stand up to the British for India? Gandhi stood up for his country because the British had a salt tax preventing the people of India from collecting or selling salt. Gandhi and 78 followers set out on March 12, 1930 on a 200 mile march across India protesting the restrictions placed on salt. During this march, Gandhi defied many laws and led many people, resulting in the arrest of 100,000 people.(How did gandhi). Did the british make fun of gandhi for protesting the salt

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    ESSAY ON MAHATMA GANDHI Mahatma Gandhi was born in the Porbandar city of Gujarat in october 2nd, 1869. His father name is Karamchand Gandhi, the diwan of Porbandar, and his wife, Putlibai. Since his mother was a Hindu of the Pranami Vaishnava order, Gandhi learned the tenets of non-injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting, mutual tolerance, etc, at a very tender age. Mohandas was married at the age of 13 to Kasturba Makhanji and had four sons. He passed the matriculation exam at Samaldas

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