TO WHAT EXTENT WAS MAHATMA GANDHI THE REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAVE UP IMPERIAL CONTROL? On 15th August 1947‚ India finally escaped away from the rule of the British. Mahatma Gandhi‚ 1869-1948‚ was the leader of Indian Nationalism in British-ruled India. Before Gandhi was born‚ British started ruling India at 1858. They took control of the cotton industry and traded it as their own and used violence to control the 500 million Indians. When Gandhi was about 45 years old‚ he started to protest as
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a huge part of history. Two of these leaders are Mohandas Gandhi and Adolf Hitler. Gandhi was mainly known for solving his people’s problems in a peaceful manner. Hitler was mainly known for being a dictator that started the Holocaust. Both of these leaders made huge influences on the people around them. Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbandar‚ a coastal town in Gujarat‚ Western India. Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against
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Task 2: Individuals and Institutions as Mechanisms of Social and Political Change Tracy Johnson A. World leader: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd‚ 1869 in Porbandar India. To think of influence that Gandi’s life ultimately had not only on India but on the world‚ one would picture him a man of greater physical stature. However‚ he was a fraile appearing individual that recognized social injustices and dedicated his life to providing a non-violent
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NARI GANDHI TROPHY 2011 “Inspired by Yesterday Aspired for Tomorrow” PREMISE: India simultaneously lives in three time zones. Moorings from the past and aspirations for tomorrow coexist today to create the present. In India therefore history is not a fossilised past but rather a continuum of the tradition. History lives on as tradition. A land of long history and deep traditions‚ its architectural landscape has innumerable edifices that have transcended time to remain timeless even after centuries
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Gandhi Paper “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” (Gandhi). It seems like I’ve heard this quote a million times in my lifetime‚ but the meaning behind it didn’t set in until now. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a world renowned political and spiritual leader and arguably one of the most influential people of all time. He pioneered ‘satyagraha’‚ the resistance of tyranny through non-violence and believed in and stood by this even in the most extreme circumstances. His actions
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Goal of reaching Nonviolence Gandhi maintained certain practices that were considered essential Satyagraha practices‚ which he believed would bring nonviolence to the world. He named this power Satyagraha which means “reality force or holding onto truth.” Gandhi had said‚ “ The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.” In the clear view of violence‚ Gandhi had come the realization that nonviolence was greater to violence itself. Gandhi believed in eleven practices that
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DOES GANDHI MATTER Mahatma Gandhi ‚as we all know‚ is one of the greatest sons of the Indian soil. He is the father of the nation and the maker of the modern independent republic of India. A lean‚ frail‚ ’half-naked fakir’ – armed with a wooden staff and simple dignity of a human being‚ he fought against the greatest empire‚ the world has known. Albert Einstein has said about him "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". As a man
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Mahatma Gandhi: A true leader I really inspired from the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi who has been a great personality. He was the person who led to the Indian Independency in 1947. He has become a true inspiration to most of the leaders worldwide. In 1893‚ Gandhi was graduated from law school. His search for work led him to go South Africa. He was been discriminated and beaten. These acts changed his life. He got inspired to fight for the rights of Indian Community in South Africa. His leadership
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Khatav‚ District- Satara. His grandfather Shetiba Gorhay settled down in Poona. Since Jotirao’s father and two uncles served as florists under the last of the Peshwas‚ they came to be known as ’Phules’. (Reference- P.G. Patil‚ Collected Works of Mahatma Jotirao Phule‚ Vol-II‚ published by Education department‚ Govt. of Maharashtra). His mother died when he was 9 months old. After completing his primary education Jotirao had to leave school and help his father by working on the family’s farm. He was
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Budda and Gandhi Siddhartha Gautama was a devoted spiritual teacher and is considered as the founder of the Buddhism faith. Within the Buddhist faith‚ Siddhartha Gautama is the Supreme “Buddha” meaning “awakened one" or "the enlightened one" and is often considered within the religion of Hinduism as a deity. Historians are not sure of the exact years of his birth and death. For the most part‚ it is believed that he lived around 563 BCE to 483 BCE‚ while other historians think his passing
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