in Hinduism recent history is mahatma gandhi a key name. We have mentioned that the Hindus would rather not harm or kill any other living beings. This ideal is called ahimsa‚ and it is most famous for having lived for it in modern times gandhi. He was born in India in 1896 and the name was Mohandas Gandhi. But eventually he got the nickname Mahatma‚ which means great soul. Gandhi fought for India’s independence while the country was under British colonial rule. methods were not violent‚ and neither
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Mohandas Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as mahatma Gandhi‚ was a Indian nationalist leader‚ who established his country’s freedom through a nonviolent revolution. Gandhi became a leader in a difficult struggle‚ the Indian campaign for home rule. He believed and dedicated his life to demonstrating that both individuals and nations owe it to themselves to stay free‚ and to allow the same freedom to others. Gandhi was one of the gentlest of men‚ a devout and almost mystical Hindu
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MAHATMA GANDHI Born on the 2nd of October 1869‚ Mahatma Gandhi has made many contributions to India‚ being unarguably the most important character throughout their history. His biggest contributions included gaining India freedom from the British reign and inspiring civil rights‚ going as far as sacrificing his own life for his country. Gandhi‚ leading a simple life gained appreciable respect‚ playing a pivotal role in India’s freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi did not believe in violence and his
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Indira Gandhi the 1st female prime minister of India was born on 19th November‚ 1917 into the politically influential Nehru family. Her father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence mover of Independent India. After finishing schooling Indira Gandhi went to Shantiniketan‚ a school set up by Rabindranath Tagore‚ and Huzurpaga‚ Pune
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Descriptive Essay abot Mahatma Gandhi’s Principle Truth(satya) Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth‚ or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. He called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons‚ fears‚ and insecurities. Gandhi summarised his beliefs first when he said "God is Truth". He would later change
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Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was a believer of sorting out conflicts through peaceful means. Ahimsa wishes no harm to any living being‚ whether human or not. It included not only a lack of physical harm to one’s opponents‚ but also a lack of hatred or towards them. Ahimsa originated from ancient India‚ evidenced by scriptures‚ and is practiced in the religions Hinduism‚ Buddhism and Jainism. Living in the period of time when India was being colonized and unjustly treated by the British‚
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Counseling Pairs Dialogue Paper I The client is a 24 year old Caucasian female who has suffered with drug abuse for 7 years. Being that she has been in several rehabilitation facilities and relapsed all those times‚ she was sent to me. I played the role of the counselor. I introduce myself‚ explain what I do and my area of expertise‚ and give the purpose of the session. The client explained to me that she has been in and out of rehab with little success. She wants to overcome her condition but
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2nd October‚ every year is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti‚ the birthday of Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi‚ the most famous freedom fighter of our mother India. Mahatma Gandhi is also lovingly known as Bapu by all. Gandhi was one of the most humble and modest person‚ mother India could ever give birth to‚ however‚ in his biography‚ he admits that he did not find himself worthy of the title and was often pained and upset by it. Gandhi was the epitome of peace‚ non-violence‚ truth and duty. He practiced
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Rajiv Gandhi राजीव गांधी (IPA: [raːdʒiːv gaːnd̪ʰiː])‚ born in Bombay‚ (August 20‚ 1944 – May 21‚ 1991)‚ the elder son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi‚ was the 9th Prime Minister of India (and the third from the Nehru-Gandhi family) from his mother’s death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on December 2‚ 1989 following a general election defeat. He was the youngest Prime Minister of India (at the age of 40). Rajiv Gandhi was a professional Pilot for Indian Airlines (now Air India) before entering
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power was due partly to his strengths and partly due to the weakness of the Weimar Republic’ There were many factors which contributed to Hitler’s rise in power‚ such as the fact that the Weimar Republic had many weaknesses of their own‚ and that Hitler himself had many strengths. There were many side effects of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919‚ the main one being the ‘guilt clause’. Germany was forced to take complete blame for starting the war and pay reparations. The ‘guilt clause’ enraged many
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