Gandhiji’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on October 2‚ 1869 in a town called Poxbandar‚ Gujarat. He was the architect of India’s freedom and one of the greatest men of this century. Mahatma Gandhi’s life was dedicated to the ideals of truth‚ non-violence and love. Young Gandhi had his primary education up to the seventh year at Porbandar. Then his education continued at Rajkot. Once an Inspector of Schools visited the school. The teacher dictated some English words. Gandhiji
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provided a shared bond that tied many different groups together. But each class and group felt the effects of colonialism differently‚ their experiences were varied‚ and their notions of freedom were not always the same. The Congress under Mahatma Gandhi tried to forge these groups together within one movement. But the unity did not emerge without conflict. Nationalism India India in Nationalism in In an earlier textbook you have read about the growth of nationalism in India up to the
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ECEM HAPÇIOGLU 1605161 Democratic Consolidation in Turkey In general‚ as far as democracy and democratic consolidation in one country and state come to mean that democracy is the form of political government manner in which all of the eligible citizens claim their rights in an equal manner in order to decide their own lives and government bodies. According to Russell Hanson‚ “the people sought and gained power and influence in the name of democracy” (68). In this regard‚ democracy requires the
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treatment for a citizen from a certain religion/non-religion. However‚ unlike America‚ Islam does not separate religion from the state. Secularism in Turkey came after the fall of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. With the country getting down Mustafa Kemal Atatürk led a political and cultural revolution. Turkish modernism went through a reversal of the Islamic Ottoman system and the adoption of a west-oriented mode of modernization. This resulted in the abolition of the Caliphate. Also‚ a secular
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forming up a unique national identity constructed by uniting the masses. Achieving this is not an easy task considering the diversity in religion‚ caste‚ creed‚ etc. of the nation. In order to bring together those diverse sects under a common roof‚ Gandhi feels the need for secularism and religious tolerance. He professes his secular notion of religion and incites to the mind of the masses‚ the oneness of men‚ negating any sectarian religion and caste and class based divisions. As he observes: Man’s
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Role Model: Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was an amazing and hugely influential figure in history. He is renowned for his beliefs and teachings in regards to civil rights‚ religion‚ education‚ non-violence‚ and the list goes on. In this analysis I will attempt to relate Gandhi’s principles to my own‚ grounded in the faith and teachings of Jesus Christ. In doing so I will discuss three over-arching topics specifically: social issues‚ money/career‚ and the nature of God. A huge topic that must
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Sabarmati Ashram is located in the Ahmedabad at the bank of River Sabarmati. This was one of the residences of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. This ashram is now a national monument established by the Government of India due to its significance for the Indian independence movement in the form of the Dandi March in 1930. The ashram was originally established at the Kocharab Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai on 25 May 1915. The Ashram was then shifted on 17 June 1917 to a piece of open land on the banks of the
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PGPX Making of Mahatma: A summary of presentations and discussions Abhishek G‚ Harsha M‚ Maulik G‚ Pranav S‚ Rajneesh K‚ Sanjiva S‚ Sreedhar G Introduction: Making of Mahatma We all know Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as a great leader‚ the torchbearer of peace‚ the frail man who made the mighty British bow to his non-violent means‚ the “Mahatma” who got independence for India. However‚ he was not born as a perfect leader. The movie presents the story of his transformation from an average
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who were clamoring for inÂ�deÂ�penÂ�dence from British rule. Mahatma Gandhi best captured the sigÂ�nifiÂ�cance of the armed struggle for freedom that unfolded from 1943 to 1945. The court-martial of some leading ofÂ�fiÂ�cers at Delhi’s Red Fort had just transmitted the story of the Indian National Army and its Netaji (“revered leader‚” as Bose had come to be called) to evÂ�ery Indian home. “The whole country has been roused‚” Gandhi observed‚ “and even the regular forces have been stirred into
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fighters with their true spirit and undaunted courage had faced various tortures‚ exploitations and hardships to earn us freedom. The pioneers of the freedom movement were Mangal Pandey‚Tantia Tope‚ Rani of Jhansi and the great Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi who introduced non-violent ways of fighting the enemy. Other notable freedom fighters of India are Annie Besant‚ Lala Lajpat Rai‚ Bal Gangadhar Tilak‚ Bhagat Singh‚ Bipin Chandra Pal‚ Sukhdev‚ Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚Chandrashekhar Azad‚ Sarojini
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