MAHATMA GANDHI “GREAT SOUL” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is considered to be the Twentieth Century’s modern day Messiah. He was born of a modest middle class family from India and educated in law from the aristocratic society of London, England. Mahatma Gandhi was the paramount leader for Indian nationalism in British-ruled India who exercised non-violent civil disobedience and led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Mahatma Gandhi has inspired people during his lifetime and many after his death. He has inspired men such as Martin Luther King Jr., former South African President, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, and current US President and then-Senator Barack Obama. Martin Luther King Jr. drew from Gandhi’s theories of civil disobedience and non-violence and fashioned his movement with many similarities. Nelson Mandela also followed Gandhi’s teachings after ending apartheid and began helping everyone that faced injustice. Albert Einstein penned Gandhi and informed him that he admired his courage and use of non-violence even though his adversaries choose not to and would like to meet him. Heather Whipps, journalist for Live Science adds, “Martin Luther King Jr. is said to have been heavily influenced by Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence, believing it to be the only logical approach to the problem of race relations in America.” (Famous personalities influenced by Gandhi) Jesus being the exception, no great leader has ever not been influenced and shaped into who they have become, if it were not for other great teachers before them. Gandhi is no exception. His influences have been through the readings of many great books such as Leo Tolstoy’s 1894 novel; The Kingdom of ... ... middle of paper ... ...an extent and understand why he had to choose not to aid in the native African struggle. If he would have chosen to assist in their situation then he would have alienated his people from the British and South African whites and jeopardize his whole agenda for civil rights for his Indian people. Works Cited "Famous personalities influenced by Gandhi." 09 September 2009. Hindustan Times. Article. Gandhi, Ela. "MAHATMA GANDHI’S SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE – A UNIQUE MODEL OF TRANSFORMATION." 07 February 2014. www.transcend.org. Article. Lelyved, Joseph. Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011. Book. Whipps, Heather. "How Gandhi Changed the World." 08 September 2008. www.livescience.com. Article. "Who and What Influenced Gandhi's Ideas & Actions." n.d. www.historyhaus.weebly.com. web page.
Mohandas Gandhi was a non-violent promoter for Indian independence.He was married young at 13,and went to London to go to law school.Gandhi got his degree there and was on his way to being a lawyer.He went to his first case,but couldn't even speak. Gandhi then got invited to South Africa from a businessman. Gandhi’s luck their was no good either.European racism came to him,after he got kicked off of a train,because he was “colored” and was holding a first class ticket.When Gandhi fought back because of it,was arrested and was sent to jail.After this, he became know as as a leader.Gandhi returned to India in 1896,and he was disgusted by it.British wanted them to wear their clothes,copy their manners,accept their standards of beauty,but Gandhi refused.Gandhi wanted people to live free of all class and wealth.Gandhi tried so hard and was more successful then any other man in India.They won independence in 1947. Gandhi’s non-violent movement worked because,Gandhi used clever planning, mass appeal, conviction, and compassion to win independence for India.
Now, you’re probably thinking, isn’t that Mahatma Ghandi? The guy who achieved independence for India? Yes, in fact it is. Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi, more commonly known as Mahatma Ghandi was an Indian philosopher who was born on October 2nd in Porbander, India. He was the primary leader for India’s independent movement, seeking to become independent from Britain’s control. He studied law and was an advocate
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...rew as his friends and family died but that is to be expected. He rooted for the underdog and championed the cause of Jews, blacks, and Chinese. His treatment of the Indians is less clear cut but it is obvious that he knows America treats the Indians like they treated the Phillipinos (the same as the British treated the Boers.)
“ First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” (Mahatma Gandhi). Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar. Throughout his life Gandhi helped those in need. He was taught that everyone and everything is holy. He married at the custom age of 19 and went to London to study law. The thing that helped Gandhi promote nonviolence is that he worked his entire life saying that violence didn’t change the way people acted. He lived his life saying that an eye for an eye only made the whole world blind. Gandhi’s nonviolent movement worked because he had something to prove and everyone else in the world agreed with him.
Gandhi was a well knowledgeable and unique person who found hope in struggles that he never thought would shape who he was. Gandhi was born in a Hindu family, and even though he was the youngest he made a huge impact on others (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” pg 3). He had his older brother who helped him with his education when his father passed away (“Mohandas Gandhi”). Gandhi was very religious even when he was little his brothers tried to make him eat meat (it wasn’t bad to eat meat in Hinduism when you are little), but he refused (“Mohandas Gandhi”). Gandhi respected his religion and was a respectful towards others.
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Both Gandhi and King were influenced by Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”. King was influenced by Gandhi. Thoreau first coined civil disobedience, but the likes of Jesus, and many other historical figures practice some form of breaking current laws to pressure governments to change laws or promote what they believed morally right. Each of these men practiced this and they did so while starting it could be done peacefully.
The. Mehta, Ved. Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles. New York: Viking, 1977. Print.
...Because of Gandhi’s power, his flaw, and his catastrophe, one would say that Gandhi fits the model of a Greek tragic hero. Gandhi’s power was his heightened goodness, proven by his innumerable civil disobedience acts, where he continued to fight even while he was regularly jailed. His flaw was his tolerance and acceptance of everyone which led to his catastrophic assassination by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi’s teachings of nonviolence and peace still live on today, as they have inspired many other human rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Gandhi’s teachings are responsible for the successes of civil rights movements in other countries. He not only helped free India from British rule, but also gave people new thoughts about violence and imperialism around the world. Even today, India continues to live and remember the tutelage of Gandhi.
Nelson Mandela taught us that the humanity all of us share can help us transcend the sins some of us commit. There is no better example of the transformative power of tolerance and reconciliation than Nelson Mandela and his inspiring work in overthrowing the apartheid government in South Africa. He understood the power of words to change minds and the power of peaceful deeds to open hearts. His life reminds us that justice and tolerance can overcome even the greatest cruelty. Nelson Mandela faced one of the greatest evils of our time.
Gandhi was a great man in a lot of ways he was born on October 2, 1869 in Western India. At the age of thirteen he married Kasturbi who was also thirteen before his father died. When he did his mother sent him to law school in England this was in 1888. While he was there he fell in love so to speak with the nonviolent ways of the Hindu scriptures of the Bhagavad-Gita, and in the bible tellings of Jesus.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- 2 October 1869 - 30 January 194 was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He is also known as Mahatma which means “The Great Soul”. He was committed to pacifism, that there should be no violence.(1) He had three concepts to follow in his life for independence of India: Satyagraha, Ahimsa and Swaraj.
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of faith and great conviction. He was born into an average Hindu family in India. Like most teenagers he had a rebellious stage when he smoked, spent time with girls and ate meat (forbidden to strict Hindus). The young Gandhi changed as a person while earning a living as a lawyer in South Africa. He came in contact with the apartheid and the future Mahatma began to emerge, one who championed the truth through non-violent resistance. It was between 1915 and his assassination in 1945 that he struggled for India's freedom.
Mahatma Gandhi, born on October 2nd 1869, lived in a relatively small community in Porbandar, India. ("GANDHI.”) His family were a lot like Gandhi. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, served as a chief minister in Porbandar and other states in western India. His mother, Putlibai, was a deeply religious woman who fasted regularly. Religion