India. The other duo was that of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru who were instrumental in laying the base of a modern Indian state and giving shape to ideas in the realm of education‚ culture and democracy.1 Gandhi founded the Satyagraha Ashram after returning from South Africa and successfully employed the principles of Satyagraha in uniting the peasants of Kheda and Champaran against the government. After this victory Gandhi was bestowed the title of Bapu and Mahatma and his fame spread far and
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King followed the theory that change could happen without the use of violence. King showed ideas and methods from Mahatma Gandhi. King’s idea of resisting the racial profiling were to organize lunch-counter sit-ins‚ peaceful marches‚ and bus boycotts. His main goal was to show people around the world how violent oppressors were morally incorrect in the way they were
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his interaction with 9th Graders of Wakefield High School‚ Arlington‚ Virginia on September 8‚ 2009. Today is ’Gandhi Jayanti’ - the 144th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2‚ 1869 – January 30‚ 1948) popularly known as ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ or better still as ‘Father of the Nation’. In 2007‚ the United Nations declared 2nd October as the International Day of Non-Violence‚ as a mark of respectful tribute to a person who dedicated his life practicing the principles of non-violence
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The Prime Minister‚ Shri Narendra Modi‚ today exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi`s vision of Clean India. Launching the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan at Rajpath in New Delhi‚ the Prime Minister paid homage to two great sons of Mother India‚ Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri‚ on their birth anniversary. He recalled how the nation`s farmers had responded to Shri Shastri`s call of “Jai Jawan‚ Jai Kisan‚” and made India self-sufficient in food security. He said that out of
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proudly name many such leaders starting from our very own “Bapu”‚ or Chacha Nehru or Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. But one such great leader whom I would like to talk about today was arguably the most powerful leader who followed the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and gave shape to form ONE robust union from numerous small & big princely states. The robust union whom we call “INDIA” – our great nation. He was the architect to bring unite people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Junagadh to Guwahati
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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 salt tax with the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930‚ and later
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worldview. It seems that many worldviews have such similar aspects. Notably‚ Mahatma Gandhi had a Buddhist worldview. He views Buddhism as cleansed Hinduism. His view on many subjects were very clear and he became a role model for mostly everyone that came in contact with him. He fought for India is known for his constant non-violent struggle against the British rule in India. Throughout this essay‚ we will discuss Mahatma Gandhi’s take on a few subjects which include family‚ sexuality‚ and social
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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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Essay "Compare the strengths and weaknesses of ONE Asian leader with those of ONE leader from another part of the world. " Name :Course :Tutor :College :Date : A comparison of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela .Introduction Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in India . He was assassinated at the age of 78 .He is recognized as political and religious leader of India and the Indian independence movement . He was the found of Satyagraha ‚ an idea that is mainly concerned with truth and confrontation to
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(October 10‚ 1906 – May 13‚ 2001)‚ shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami(Tamil: ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி அய்யர் நாராயணசுவாமி) was an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India. He is one of three leading figures of earlyIndian literature in English‚ along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. He is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world‚ and is regarded as one of
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