Mahatma Gandhi Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919‚ Gandhi devoted his life to gaining India’s independence from Great Britain. As the dominant figure used his persuasive philosophy of non-violent confrontation‚ he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the world (Andrews 23). Not only was Mahatma Gandhi a great peacemaker‚ but also his work to achieve freedom and equality for all people was greatly acknowledged. Gandhi’s unconventional style of leadership gained
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more importance than the ’editorials’‚ I believe it should be interesting to know how the Father of our Nation‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ contributed to the fields of journalism and mass communication. An effective communicator‚ Gandhi was fearless and eloquent with his words. He reached out to millions of people and convinced them of his cause. According to Chalapathi Raju‚ an eminent editor‚ Gandhi was probably the greatest journalist of all time‚ and the weeklies he ran and edited were probably the greatest
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“Mahatma” is known as the Great Soul. This exact name was given to the influential and powerful leader named Mohandas Gandhi. While in South Africa‚ he became an outspoken critic of South Africa’s discrimination policies. This great leader declined to join any political agitation supporting the British war. He was a dominant figure on the political stage commanding an influence (Nanda‚B.R.) . Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination was unjust. Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader who wanted independence
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“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”. This is a quote said by Mahatma Gandhi‚ an Indian revolutionary and religious leader who used his religious power for political and social reform and was the main force behind the second-largest nation in the world’s struggle for independence. Gandhi was born on October 2nd 1869 in Probandar‚ India. Him and his family lived in a self-sufficient residential community and only ate simple vegetarian food and undertook long fasts. He was the fourth child
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MAHATMA GANDHI NG INDIA Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience‚ Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled"‚ "venerable"[2])—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa‚[3]—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father"
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Mahatma Gandhi‚ An Exemplary Leader B.P Wilmington University‚ Delaware Class MGT-6503 Leadership Development and Change Management Professor – Sherry L. Read Author Note B.P‚ Department of Business Management‚ Wilmington University‚ Delaware Keywords: leadership‚ traits of leadership‚ emergent leader‚ credibility‚ honesty‚ integrity‚ visionary‚ follower-centric‚ transformational and charismatic‚ quality Profile Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ (born on October 2nd 1869 in Porbandar‚ India – died
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Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty‚ the ocean does not become dirty.” This quote was divulged from Mahatma Gandhi‚ perhaps one of the greatest and most infamous humanitarians the earth fostered. He believed in the independence and beauty of individualism; only protesting in the tell-tale‚ nonviolent manner Martin Luther King Jr. would later culture. Gandhi was one of the first anti-war activists publicized worldwide. His works heartened other civil rights leaders such as Nelson
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Waiting for the Mahatma (1955) is perhaps the most controversial novel of R. K. Narayan. Apart from its artistic merits and demerits (which are considerable)‚ many Indian readers of the novel have felt dissatisfied with it and found it difficult to warm up to it particularly because of the way the Mahatma is portrayed in it. Non-Indian readers however have more or less favourably reacted to it‚ while being alive to its artistic lapses. An extreme instance is H. M. Williams who regards it as one of
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These are the words written by the late Pandrangi Rajeswara Rao in his book‚ "Profiles in Patriotism’’ epitomising the personality of a great Indian who changed the course of the nation’s history and simply signed M.K. Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ venerated as Mahatma Gandhi‚ was born in Porbandar‚ a coastal town‚ near Rajkot in the Saurashtra region (Gujarat)‚ on October 2‚ 1869. Formal education over‚ Gandhiji went to England for further studies and became a Bar-at-Law and practised for
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Life and thoughts of mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in the coastal town of Porbandar‚ one of scores of tiny princely states and now part of theIndian state of Gujarat. Although the Gandhis‚ meaning grocers‚ were merchants by caste‚ they had risen to important political positions. Mohandas’s father was the chief administrator and member of the court of Porbandar‚ and his grandfather that of the adjacent tiny state of Junagadh. Gandhi grew up in an eclectic religious
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