VALLABHBHAI PATEL: Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31‚ 1875‚ in a farmer’s family in Nadiad‚ Gujarat. His father‚ Zaverbhai‚ had served in the army of Jhansi ki Rani‚ and his mother‚ Ladbai‚ was a deeply religious woman. Vallabhbhai’s initial schooling was in Gujarati. His brother Vithalbhai‚ after completing middle school‚ had enrolled himself in English tutorial classes in a nearby town. Vallabhbhai followed suit. Vallabhbhai’s superior organizational skills became evident while he was
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as Mahatma‚ “The great-souled one”‚ was an Indian nationalist leader and architect of one of the most famous forms of civil disobedience‚ Satyagraha or more commonly known as non-violent passive resistance. Satyagraha had a large impact on the world and still remains as one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today. Gandhi spent some time as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and eventually moved back to India in the early
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Mohandas K. Gandhi - His Greatest Success “Mahatma Gandhiji is revered in India as the Father of the Nation” (Singh‚ Para: 1‚ 2004). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was the leader of the Indian Nationalist movement against British rule. Gandhi was the father of nonviolent resistance and India’s greatest political leader and social reformer. His dream was that of a free India‚ where there was unity regardless of religious believes or political views. Gandhi accomplished his goal of a free
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Mohandas Gandhi‚ born on October 2‚ 1869‚ led non-violent independence movements in India and South Africa. Gandhi was an advocate for the civil rights of Indians‚ and had a background in law. Among his many achievements were the organized boycotts against the British through methods of civil disobedience. Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar‚ India‚ which at the time was part of the British Empire. As a child Gandhi hated school and rebelled‚ doing things such as smoking and stealing small amounts
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civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King believes in a peaceful protest could change the mentality of our time. This particular belief was inspired by the teaching of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi who used nonviolent techniques in the struggle to secure India’s freedom from the Great Britain. Both Gandhi and MLK insisted of a fundamental internal conversion from violence to nonviolence as the basis of our work for justice‚ human rights and peace.
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Spiritual formation: Gandhi and loving God as truth As one puts oneself in the way of God‚ several theological questions necessarily arise: what is God? How does one engage‚ experience‚ and enter into the way of God? For the Christian seeker‚ the questions become more specific: is this God the sky God Yahweh? Is Jesus of Nazareth the incarnation of this God? Is God only interested in self-described ’Christians‚’ or is he for all? For Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ Hindu spiritual seeker
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mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability (Merriam-Webster). There are two types of heroes‚ epic heroes and modern heroes. Odysseus‚ one of the most famous epic heroes ever‚ will be compared to Mahatma Gandhi‚ a modern day hero‚ to see if there really is a large gap separating the two types. However‚ one thing is certain‚ modern heroes can be identical to epic heroes if they are larger than life‚ embody the ideals of their culture‚ embark on a perilous
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cause is a hero. While numerous people can be considered a hero‚ it primarily takes perseverance‚ determination‚ courage and motivation. This is illustrated by the revolutionary acts of Mahatma Gandhi and Stephen Hawking‚ as well as the life-changing deeds of everyday heroes like Lisa Chesser. Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of India’s independence movements; he persevered to advocate for Indians rights at home
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Gandhi Essay “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devise by the ingenuity of man.”-Gandhi. According to Gandhi’s truest belief you can achieve anything with non-violence‚ according to history in his case this is true. In 1947 India finally reached independence under the lead of a small man called Gandhi. The unusual thing was that Gandhi and his followers not once raised their weapons against the British authorities
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“Mahatma” Karamchand Gandhi. A shudder of nervous anticipation shook him as he lowered his hand into the sloshing sea. Digging his hands into the ground‚ his hand hit something lumpy. Hands trembling‚ Gandhi lifted a lump of salty mud from the depths of the sea. The crowd gasped silently. Gandhi then forced himself to lower the lump into the water. The mud slipped away from the grains of white‚ causing the water to grow murkier. A few minutes later‚ the mud cleared‚ and Gandhi held up his hand. Grasping
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