Mahatma Gandhi: The Father Of India

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Gandhi was assassinated on January 30th, 1947 by an angered Hindu man. Many people did not agree with his goal of bringing the Hindu religion together with the Muslim religion in an attempt to make a peaceful India. He is known for helping India to independence from Britain on August 17th, 1947 (Gandhi, n.p). He believed in nonviolence protesting and was a strong believer in telling the truth ("Gandhi, n.p). Mahatma is considered the father of India ("Mohandas, Introduction).
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar, India. Gandhi’s family followed the Hindu religion (Pastan, 7). Gandhi 's father, Karamchand, became prime minister, or diwan, of Rajkot. Gandhi 's grandfather and uncle were also diwans in the past (Pastan, 8). …show more content…

As a child, Gandhi struggled to lie to his parents and always gave in and told them. He once stole gold from his brother who already owed $200 in today 's money in debt. He used the gold to pay off the debt but was committed of a crime. He felt tremendous guilt and wrote a letter to his father for punishment. His father began to cry at his son 's regret instead of becoming angry (Pastan, 21).
Gandhi was later given the name Mahatma or "Great Soul" by countrymen. This let Gandhi look back on his decisions in his childhood but also remembered the forgiveness he was given and learned that those things are given when people tell the truth (Pastan, 22).
When he arrived in South Africa, he witnessed Europeans treating Indians badly. This is where he began politics to help fight for Indian rights. Used his first form of protest called “satyagraha” or "devotion to truth" in 1906 when he told the Indians to not obey the British law in a peaceful manner no matter the consequences given ("Mohandas, Work in South Africa). Mahatma soon returned to India in 1915 and became the country 's most powerful …show more content…

The Salt March that Gandhi led was held from March to April in 1930. This was a 200 mile walk to Dandi on the Arabian Sea. Gandhi and his thousands of followers could get salt from the seawater. More and more people joined the cause the more they traveled to the coast. In the end, 60,000 people and Gandhi were arrested by the British police (History.com, 1930). Gandhi was released from prison on January 1930. Later on, he spoke to the viceroy of India to negotiate the independence of India with Britain. Although Gandhi did not win this debate, Britain realized that he was determined to get India its freedom (History.com,

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