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    Mahamat Gandhi

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbander on the west coast of India. He came from a middle class family where his father‚ Karamchand‚ was prime minister of a small Indian state (Porbandar). At the age of 13‚ he married Kasturbai Makanji who was also 13. The fact that he finished middle school‚ high school and went to law school as a married man deserves some kind of recognition. In 1888‚ Gandhi sailed to London‚ England to continue his legal education. Gandhi became a lawyer

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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    Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Liberator‚ A Biography - Richard L. Deats and Mary Jegen The book is a well structured chronological assessment of Mohandas Gandhi’s life from his childhood as an aspiring lawyer up to his untimely death that symbolizes nonviolent movements and peaceful deeds. The book summarizes Mahatma’s life as follows. Gandhi founded several movements and groups in which he came up with a nonviolent resistance in one major movement‚ which he initiated to fight against a requirement

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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    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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    Gandhi Quotes

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    best describe Gandhi would be passionate and wise‚ because he is very knowledgeable and this quote may have many other interpretations. Gandhi may have related this quote into his life when he was fighting over the injustices of the British and this may have been the time during which he said this inspiring quote. There were many events happing that maybe this quote was meant to be about the British because in some ways they tried to control or dictate people as Hitler did too. Gandhi might have been

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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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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    Gandhi Obituary

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    Indian leader‚ Mohandas Gandhi died at the age of 78 on January 30‚ 1948 at 5:12 p.m. Mohandas Gandhi was known throughout the world for his nonviolent protests against both British rule and interreligious fighting. Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander‚ and received his schooling in Rajkot where his father was an advisor to the local ruler. Mohandas Gandhi married a girl named Kasturba. Both were thirteen years old at the time. At the age of 19‚ Gandhi decided to travel to England to receive

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    Rajiv Gandhi‚ the eldest son of Feroze and Indira Gandhi‚ was born on August 20‚ 1944 and the youngest person to become the Prime Minister of India at the age of 40. He was India’s 9th Prime Minister and 3rd among the Gandhi family. He held his position after her mother’s death on October 31‚ 1984 until he resigned on December 2‚ 1989 after an election defeat. Though having no relationship to Mahatma Gandhi‚ his leadership brought substantial influence in India’s external political relationship.

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    Gandhi as an environmentalist “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs but not every man’s greed.” We all have heard these words on various occasions. But what do we know of the infamous man who said these words? Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2nd October‚ 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. After finishing his 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

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    Mahatma Gandhi

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    seem invincible‚ but in the end‚ they always fail. Think of it: always.” – Mohandas Gandhi. Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919‚ Gandhi put all his life’s effort into breaking free from the clutches of Great Britain. As the principal figure used his influential philosophy of non-violent confrontation‚ he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the whole world. Not only was Mohandas Gandhi a glorious diplomat‚ but also his effort to achieve liberty and equality for all

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    Gandhi & Satyagraha

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    figures in the history of India‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ also known as the Mahatma‚ or "The Great Soul"‚ was the spiritual and practical founder of active non-violent resistance‚ a concept called Satyagraha. Also known as ¡°soul-force¡± or ¡°truth-force¡±‚ Gandhi developed this revolutionary technique as a method of gaining political and social reforms against the injustices experienced by Indians under British Colonial rule. For most of his life‚ Gandhi devoted himself to perfecting the Satyagraha

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