as a legal representative for the Muslim Indian Traders based in the city of Pretoria.[25] He spent 21 years in South Africa‚ where he developed his political views‚ ethics and political leadership skills. Purported photograph of Gandhi in South Africa (1895) Indians in South Africa were led by wealthy Muslims‚ who employed Gandhi as a lawyer‚ and by impoverished Hindu indentured laborers with very limited rights. Gandhi considered them all to be Indians‚ taking a lifetime view that "Indianness"
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and political systems of the country. Their impact on the cultural and social life of India was‚ however‚ gradual. Till 1813‚ they followed a policy of non-interference in the social and cultural life of the Indians. Yet‚ changes were taking place in these fields (the social life of Indians). These changes related to education‚ the condition of women‚ the caste system and various social practices. In the 19th century‚ certain social practices like female infanticide‚ child marriage‚ sati
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Philosophers comparisons paper. PHI 105 There are two types of philosophy‚ eastern philosophy and western philosophy. Eastern philosophy or philosophies of the East can be divided into three groups which is mainly of Asian philosophies such as the Indian philosophies of Buddhism and Hinduism‚ the Japanese philosophies of Zen Buddhism and the samurai tradition‚ and the Chinese philosophies of Confucianism‚ Taoism and Ch’an Buddhism (Moore & Bruder‚ 2008‚ p. 525). Philosophy is the study of human
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War of Indian Independence. It was after this that the Nationalistic Movement in the country gathered momentum. Emergence of press‚ development of rapid means of transport and communication‚ and the impact of the contemporary European movement accelerated the growth of this national sentimence. The practice of racial discrimination by the British in all spheres of life also contributed to the unity among different sections of the society to rise against a common enemy. The Phases of Indian Independence
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the first and strongest advocates of Swaraj (self-rule) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness. His famous quote‚ “Swaraj is my birt right‚ and I shall have it!” is well remembered in India even today. Coming from a father who was a schoolteacher and a Sanskrit scholar‚ young Tilak was a brilliant student who graduated from Deccan College in Pune in 1877. Tilak was among one of the first generation of Indians to receive a college education. He took an active part in public affairs. “Religion
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English and Bharat in Hindi constitute the largest part of the sub continental land mass of South Asia. They are bonded by Pakistan on the Northwest; to the North by China‚ Nepal‚ and Bhutan; and to the East by Bangladesh and Birmaine finally The Indian Ocean and Sri Lanka on the South. The land forms range from plains‚ tropical forest and desert to the highest mountain range in the world. The area consists of 1‚222‚237 square miles. India was a land of fragmented geo-political entity‚ ruled
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After completing his studies he returned to India. He started his practice at Bombay. But he did not do well there. Then he went to Rajkot. He was not a successful lawyer because he did not like to plead false cases‚ but oneday he was called by a big Indian Merchant in South Africa to conduct a law suit in a court. He went to Africa. Gandhi remained in South Africa for twenty years‚ suffering imprisonment many times. In 1896‚ after being attacked and humiliated by white South Africans‚ Gandhi began to
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The best demonstration of a situation where Gandhi was able to get people to follow him simply by providing an example of what to do was the Salt March. In India‚ salt was a staple of their diet‚ so the impact was enormous when the British banned Indians from manufacturing or selling salt. The only source was the British‚ and they taxed the salt too heavily for poor people to be able to afford it. Gandhi decided that the best way to ensure the freedom of India would be to perform “mass civil disobedience
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The First War of Independence: The Revolt of 1857 *Political Causes:- 1) Lord Dalhousie’s Policy of ‘the Doctrine of Lapse’:-if the ruler of a subordinate state died without a heir ‚ his adopted son was not allowed to occupy the throne and the state was annexed to the British Empire in India. Lord Dalhousie annexed the states of Jhansi‚ Satara and Nagpur. 2) Ill treatment of Nana Sahib and Rani of Jhansi:Baji Rao II: The last Peshwa adopted Nana Sahib as his son who was denied access to the annual
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that‚ for all his abhorrence of violence as a means to an end‚ yet Gandhi insisted that the non-violent activist‚ like any soldier‚ has to be ready to die for the cause. Indeed‚ during India’s decades long struggle for independence‚ thousands of Indians were killed by the British. The difference was that the non-violent activist‚ while willing to die‚ was never willing to kill.1 [Sound like anybody else we know?] In Gandhi’s view‚ there are three possible responses to oppression and injustice.
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