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was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar‚ in Gujarat. Gandhi studied law in London and became a barrister. He went to South Africa to work as a lawyer. The white people in South Africa treated the natives and the Indians settled there badly. He was distressed to see it. He fought for their cause for more than 20 years. He was a man of great courage and determination. Back in India‚ Gandhiji joined the struggle for the cause of the weak and the oppressed. He developed
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IS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE JUSTIFIED? “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy‚ indifference‚ and undernourishment". 1 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful‚ committed individuals can change the world. Indeed‚ it ’s the only thing that ever has."2 History has shown us through the likes of Mahatma Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr. who went against the greater power of their time to fight for injustice. These few respectable
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developments as well as discoveries that are accrued to Indian important men. It is thought that these among other great men are entirely involved in making India one among the supreme nations in the world1. There are very many diverse sectors that India has registered a diverse and encouraging discoveries as well developments. Among them is Medicine‚ entertainment‚ industrialization at large among other social- economic activities. As a result‚ the Indian region has been registered among the hopeful developing
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was a lawyer who practiced in colonial South Africa and eventually led a nonviolent revolution for Indian independence. Gandhi was taught from birth to value all life as holy and respect all religions. The British controlled India for 200 years and Gandhi resented the British influence on his country‚ and wanted people to live freely. Although Gandhi could have chosen other methods to achieve Indian independence‚ his nonviolent civil disobedience‚ willingness to be incarcerated‚ and not viewing Britain
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2003 observes the long journey of Indian American immigrants to search for cultural identity. It argues that this novel offers an insight on the struggles of the first-generation immigrants to assert a western identity‚ as well as to maintain rich eastern traditions. It also explores the challenges faced by the children‚ being second-generation immigrants‚ as represented by the main character‚ Gogol‚ who attempts to shed the Bengali identity to fully embody the American status. Yet‚ the journey towards
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Gandhi‚ or commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi was one of the most customary figure in post colonial studies mainly due to the fact that he was the one who resisted the Indian rule and stood up for the Indian citizens to given them equal rights and civil liverty. In addition‚ some says that he is the father of Indian Independence Movement‚ pointing out his works as a resistance to British rule. Family Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869‚ in Porbandar‚ India. His clan belongs to the Bania Caste
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1. What evidence is there to suggest the 1919 Act was a good move for the Indians giving them a chance to rule themselves? The 1919 Act allowed the New Constitution of 1920 (Indian National Congress) to be formed. Their aim was to maintain Swaraj (self-rule) by peaceful means. The Congress was evidently an organised constitution. These legitimate means could potentially lead India towards establishing a more significant role in politics in India and influencing the way India was run. The 1920 policy
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early education in India‚ he sailed to England in 1891 and qualified as Barrister. In 1894‚ Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with a law suit. The political career of Gandhi started in South Africa where he launched a Civil Disobedience Movement against the maltreatment meted out to Asian settlers. In 1916‚ he returned to India and took up the leadership of National Freedom Struggle. After the death of freedom fighter and congress leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak on August‚ 1920‚ Gandhi became
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of George V and Queen Mary. On his arrival he registered at University College London to study for a doctorate in philosophy which he was awarded in 1929. In England‚ Anand quickly became involved in left wing politics as well as the Indian independence movement. He was vocal in his support of the coal miners’ strike in 1926 and of the General Strike that followed‚ and soon afterwards joined a Marxist study circle at the home of the trade unionist Alan Hutt. In the 1930s and 1940s‚ he spoke regularly
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