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British Indian Empire[1] Died 30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi‚ India Cause of death Assassination by shooting Resting place Cremated at Rajghat‚ Delhi 28.6415°N 77.2483°E Other names Mahatma Gandhi‚ Bapu‚ Gandhiji Ethnicity Gujarati Alma mater Alfred High School‚ Rajkot‚ Samaldas College‚ Bhavnagar‚ University College‚ London (UCL) Known for Leadership of Indian independence movement‚ philosophy of Satyagraha‚ Ahimsa or nonviolence. pacifism Political movement Indian National
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent 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:
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British government used aggressive forces and racism against him and his followers. He decided to become the organizer of the Indian National Congress‚ whose goal was to gain India’s freedom from foreign control (Tammita-Delgoda 184-5). Gandhi was a strong believer in finding the truth in everything‚ and he opposed the efforts of prominent troops trying to control the Indians. When Gandhi applied the principles of nonviolence to foreign dominance‚ he helped India reclaimed its faith and courage to
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Waiting For Mahatma Sriram is a high school graduate who lives with his grandmother in Malgudi‚ the fictional Southern Indian town in which much of Narayan’s fiction takes place. Sriram is attracted to Bharati‚ a girl of his age who is active in Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement‚ and he becomes an activist himself. He then gets involved with anti-British extremists‚ causing much grief to his grandmother. Sriram’s underground activity takes place in the countryside‚ an area alien to him‚ and
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Nation)‚ was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience‚ Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence‚ civil rights‚ and freedom across the world.[2][3] The son of a senior government official‚ Gandhi was born and raised in a Bania[4] community in coastal Gujarat‚ and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa‚ using new techniques
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Muslim unity as annual sessions of both the Indian National Congress and All India Muslim League were held to- gether in Lucknow in 1916. Jinnah’s efforts to promote Hindu Muslim unity reached a climax after the Nehru Report was published in 1928 which faced criticism and certain amendments were proposed. When these were rejected‚ Jinnah finally decided to part ways with the congress The Muslim League was founded in 1906 to safeguard the rights of Indian Muslims. At first the league was encouraged
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Free India’ was a dream of all Indians under the British rule. Everyone during that rule fought in some way or the other with a common aim of ending British and other colonial authorities in India. After a century of revolutions‚ struggle‚ blood shedding‚ battles and sacrifices‚ India finally achieved independence on August 15‚ 1947. India was free in 1947 from the British Empire but the country lost many men and women who were filled with undaunted courage and spirit of patriotism. Today‚ they
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introduction Gopal Krishna Gokhale was another respected moderate leader of the early nationalist movement. H e was born in Kholapur‚ Maharashtra in the year 1866AD. Like Dadabhai Naoroji he started his career as a professor‚ a professor of history and economics at Fergusson College and later rose to become the principal of the college. He would later become a popular leader of the early nationalist movement. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was greatly influenced by Justice M.G. Ranade and looked up to him as
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Sardar Vallabhai Patel Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman‚ one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country’s struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united‚ independent nation. He was raised in the countryside of Gujarat in a family of Leva- Patidar. He traveled to attend schools in Nadiad‚ Petlad
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