Mahatmas Gandhi From Alexander the Great‚ to Oliver Cromwell‚ to Martin Luther King Jr.‚ history has shown us many great leaders. From Conquerors to revolution leaders‚ our world holds a vast number of prized people. But from all the people that have walked this Earth‚ there are only a very few which we can call great. Mahatma Gandhi toppled part of one of the most powerful nations of the world‚ without even raising a sword. By his death‚ without so much as a penny to his name‚ he won the
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Charismatic Leadership Charismatic Leadership Ketan Palshikar Abstract This essay gives an overview of various leadership types and focuses on the charismatic leadership. It attempts to explain the charismatic leadership process with an example of Mahatma Gandhi as a charismatic leader. It goes further and explores the attributes that a charismatic leader possesses. The essay also tries to find out various effects of charismatic leadership on the organization. While mentioning the positive effects
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Movement Sarojini Naidu was moved by the partition of Bengal in 1905 and decided to join the Indian freedom struggle. She met regularly with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ who later introduced her to the stalwarts of the Indian freedom movement. She met Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. With such an encouraging environment‚ Sarojini later moved on to become leader of the Indian National Congress Party. She traveled extensively to the United States of America
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Prime Minister of independent India; was one of the main architects of Non Aligned Movement. Jawaharlal Nehru‚ also known as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was one of the foremost leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He was the favourite disciple of Mahatma Gandhi and later on went on to become the first Prime Minister of India. Jawahar Lal Nehru is widely regarded as the architect of modern India. He was very fond of children and children used to affectionately call him Chacha Nehru. Jawahar Lal
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paper will focus on the latter. Attenborough‚ being an inspired fan of the Mahatma‚ I believe‚ had every intention of portraying him in the most exemplary manner possible; depicting his selfless personality and divinely-inspired ideologies‚ a saint of our times. However‚ this does not necessarily run parallel to factual authenticity. What is effective and most clearly depicted in Gandhi is the political career of the Mahatma; from his days in South Africa as a young barrister to the iconic advocate
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else. Influenced by the experience of fighting in the Crimean war‚ Leo Tolstoy composed his masterpiece‚ War and Peace‚ whose Victorian qualities included incredibly realistic descriptions which would inspire future authors and activists such as Mahatma Gandhi. As stated by Anne Marie Hacht‚ “In Tolstoy’s books you feel like you know the characters better than the people in your real life.” (Hacht) The life of Tolstoy started off with an obvious shock that would influence him forever and that was
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you believe is evil.” ― Albert Einstein “You can chain me‚ you can torture me‚ you can even destroy this body‚ but you will never imprison my mind.” -- Mahatma Gandhi INTRODUCTION I write this project in spirit of modesty to talk about one of the greatest figures of history and the relevance of his principles in today‘s world. The memory of Mahatma Gandhi today‚ in India is reduced to rituals. His ideals are forgotten and much of what he stood for is remembered only in parts and misunderstood. Many
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Rebecca Martinez 18 November 2012 Professor Sutherland ANTH 4002 World War II’s Impact on the Indian Independence Movement The success of the Indian Independence movement is‚ by some scholars‚ largely attributed to efforts of Mahatma Gandhi. As stated by BBC‚ “Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule‚ and is widely considered the father of his country” (India.wikia.com). However‚ this revolutionary movement‚ a dream that had been growing since the mid nineteenth
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Partition of India‚ Portrayed in the Novels India suffered the stigma of slavery under British for about three centuries. When it got freedom‚ it was also not without paying the high cost in the form of partition. This historical event is significant in the world history not only as a political occurrence which gave birth to two nations‚ but as the most treacherous occasion for thousand of the men who lost their lives‚ hundreds of women who were raped & treated most ruthlessly and for countless
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Looking back‚ our country had been laid upon on one of the world’s oldest civilization with a large treasure of experience‚ knowledge and thoughts contributing a lot for building up this nation. The inspiring words given by our great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi‚ Subhash Chandra Bose‚ Jawaharlal Nehru and others has not only motivated the people during the colonial period but also motivate the young generation of India to hold the head high and move forward. It is the day on which the Indian constitution
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