nonviolent act of resisting to methods of the government‚ a dweller of power‚ or certain laws. Since 1897‚ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has acted on this idea‚ after questioning his people’s [Indians] status with the British Empire. There were many protest‚ five in which Gandhi was arrested. When he went to prison‚ he went on hunger strikes‚ greatly embarrassing the British Empire. Gandhi later died in 1948‚ inside of a prison‚ fighting for the civil rights and liberties of people under the British control
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India it will be none other than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Not just because he is the Father of the Nation but his immense contribution to the country not just in terms of struggle for freedom but his ideologies and thoughts which changed the map of our country. When he took the charge of Indian National Congress it was a turning point in its history due to his enormous following‚ his spiritual powers and his non-violent means of fighting. Gandhi introduced the concept of Satyagraha. Which appealed
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader and freedom fighter of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience‚ Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa‚ is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapu in India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed
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Gandhi was a small Indian man that faced the British Empire’s policies of injustice‚ discrimination‚ and colonial control without using a single punch or bullet‚ or in any way using violence as a weapon. The fact that he defeated the British Empire by winning Indian Independence is considered as testimony that Gandhi should be given the status of being remembered as a ‘great man’ in history. Gandhi began his work against the injustices of the British Empire when he was still a young man in South
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was able to raise awareness of the injustice of apartheid; segregation‚ racism‚ and oppression of Indian people in both India and South Africa. Through nonviolent protests and a political movement he led‚ named the Indian National Congress‚ Gandhi was able to inspire and encourage his followers to stand against injustice. Gandhi was a charismatic and devout man. He studied law‚ languages‚ and the philosophical study of religions‚ including Hinduism‚ Christianity‚ Buddhism
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Gandhi Jayanti - A tribute to ’Father of the Nation’ Gandhi Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti is observed every year as a national holiday to commemorate the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2‚ 1869 - January 30‚ 1948). His non-violence or satyagraha continues to influence political leaders and movements till date. The celebration and essence of Gandhi Jayanti is not restricted within India and also observed by the United Nations as the International Day of non-violence that aims to
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in the Vineyard’ appear on the first few pages of the book ‘Unto the Last’ by John Ruskin. In March 1904‚ Gandhi discovered this book through Henry Polak‚ whom he had met in a vegetarian restaurant in South Africa. Some of Gandhi’s deepest convictions on social and economic ideas were inspired from this book‚ and‚ he translated it into Gujarati in 1908 under the title of ‘Sarvodaya’. Gandhi decided immediately not only to change his own life according to Ruskin ’s teaching‚ but also to publish his
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Satyagraha is the method of resistance and mass movement developed by Gandhi during his days in South Africa and later epitomised in India during its freedom struggle against British Empire. Satyagraha was developed as a broad term for techniques of civil disobedience‚ non cooperation‚ hunger strike and protest. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence"‚ or "holding firmly to"). For Gandhi‚ Satyagraha went far beyond mere "passive resistance" and became
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essence of life. Only a person with extreme humbleness imbibed within and a feeling of compassion is able to practice forgiveness! "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong‚" said Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps it was this realization that made Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ the Mahatma and an irrepressible icon to be emulated by several world leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. Violence begets violence. It cannot undo the harm caused. On the other hand‚ forgiveness
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Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Paper Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge with an emphasis on the conditions of its validity and finding answers to ultimate questions. While every other science aims at investigating a specific area of knowledge‚ such as physics or psychology‚ philosophy has been defined as “thinking about thinking.” The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom"
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