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    Gandhi was a good man who used his Hindu and religious beliefs in a brilliant way” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Gandhi was never known as just a bad person. He always had the reputation/view of being either all good – or some good some bad. He was a major asset to the struggle of independence in India. And had inspired many other speeches today. All in all‚ I think the father of four born in the second of October 1869‚ Gandhi... was a good man – however has a lot behind the

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    Mohandas K. Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were two people who are very different but similar in many ways. When Dr.King was in college he learned about Gandhi‚ so Gandhi was like a teacher to Dr.King even if they never met. Both Gandhi and Dr.King wanted rights for their people. Dr. King followed Gandhi and started nonviolent protest against segregation as Gandhi did to achieve independence and rights in India. They were both educated‚ strong in public speaking‚ were brave and determined

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    Throughout history many different tactics have been used to try to stop violence. Gandhi was one of the most successful in using non violence to resolve a conflict. A very unsuccessful protest was Tiananmen Square. There are many different determining factors in order to have a non violent protest succeed or not work. Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most famous nonviolent peaceful protesters. Gandhi led protest against economical and political restrictions. He fought for national independence

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    Influential Leaders: Julius Caesar vs. Mahatma Gandhi Julius Caesar and Mahatma Gandhi were both leaders from different countries and time periods. Based on the play‚ "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare‚ and the movie‚ "Mahatma Gandhi" directed by Richard Attenborough it is apparent that these two men were in some way very several similar and in other ways very different characteristics. Both were prominent people and lived lives of great importance and leadership. They both died in similar ways

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    Early life and background of mahatma gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[3] was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency‚ British India. His father‚ Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885)‚ who belonged to the Hindu Modh community‚ served as the diwan (a high official) of Porbander state‚ a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.[4] His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi‚ fondly called Utta Gandhi. His mother‚ Putlibai‚ who came from

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    get where they are today and most might have fought and committed violent acts to get what they wanted‚ but there are some that used the non-violent way to achieve their goals. Non-violence isn’t something that today we here much about‚ but back in Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.’s time non-violence was the key. There were both positive and negative attributes that they used in their teachings and some of the negative attributes lead them to miss their mark in some way. However all of their struggles

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    In situations of civil unrest the people need a leader to led them to justice Martin Luther king Jr and Mahatma Gandhi rose to the accotion and led in the controversial times. Gandhi counter british rule‚ led india to freedom and ignited the thirst for world wide freedom. Martin Luther king utilized Gandhi’s teachings to help leb African Americans and minorities to civil rights for all. While their approaches for peace and equality are similar they are very different. The differences whether is minor

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    [pic] [pic] [pic] STRUCTURE OF DNA PROPOSED BY JAMES WATSON AND FRANCISCRICK DNA stands for deoxyribose nucleic acid. This chemical substance is present in the nucleus of all living cells . DNA controls all the chemical changes which take place in cells. The famous double helical structure was proposed by James Watson and Francis Crick in the year 1953. Nine years later both received Nobel Prize for this discovery. STRUCTURE OF DNA DNA is a very large molecule made up

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    Summary My Father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons. (See Important Quotations Explained) The novel begins with Lemuel Gulliver recounting the story of his life‚ beginning with his family history. He is born to a family in Nottinghamshire‚ the third of five sons. Although he studies at Cambridge as a teenager‚ his family is too poor to keep him there‚ so he is sent to London to be a surgeon’s apprentice. There‚ under a man named James Bates‚ he learns mathematics

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    When addressing to the success of the Indian independence movement‚ Mahatma Gandhi is always mentioned. To a large extent the importance of Gandhi to the success in achieving the independence movement is unadoptable. As the major leader of the movement‚ not only should Gandhi’s role in the movement and his ideology should be examined; moreover to determine the importance of him to the success‚ the world wide situation during that period should also be considered as one of the major factors in allowing

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