Biography of the Great Mahatma Gandhi

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how gandhi believes in peace, and how one can overcome anything without resorting to violence. gandhi's childhood helped shape him into the man he would become.
• Explains that gandhi was born on october 2nd, 1869, in porbandar india (mahatma gandhi 1282).
• Opines that gandhi was his mother's favorite child. she sensed he would do great things.
• Explains that gandhi was a weak, shy, and average kid. his family sent him to london to study law.
• Explains that mohandas gandhi was a friend of the british empire and mahatma did not study hard while in london. his main preoccupation was with personal and moral issues rather than academic ambition.
• Explains that gandhi felt out of place in london and joined the london vegetarian society, which helped shape him into the person he became.
• Explains that leo tolstoy probably had the largest influence upon gandhi, and mahatma was interested in his writings. they both had respect for each other and became friends.
• Explains that mahatma married kasturbai at the age of 13 and called her his better half. she was with gandhi in everything he did.
• Explains that gandhi's family was difficult and rebellious. his four children were harilal, manilal, devdas, and ramdas.
• Analyzes how mahatma befriended many people, was kind and welcoming, and had enemies. gandhi had critics, but his contributions to the world were amazing.
• Explains that gandhi had stage fright when he spoke in front of large groups. he blossomed almost overnight into a proficient political campaigner.
• Explains that gandhi was a master of fixing problems without violence. he taught how to change violent situations into peaceful ones.
• Opines that gandhi emerged as a great leader of india. he convinced many other leaders to try to solve problems peacefully and made other huge impacts on the government.
• Explains that gandhi's religion was hinduism. his advisor agreed with him about this. mahatma thought that all religions were true, but imperfect.
• Explains gandhi's belief that there is only one religion in the world, a single one, but that all religions find their essence in one stream. god, who is one and complete, cannot have many branches.
• Analyzes how gandhi's culture shaped the man he became.
• Explains that gandhi's fasting stopped the rioting in calcutta and in january 1948. he also fasted to try to stop violence, and outbreaks.
• Analyzes how gandhi led the 1930 salt march to protest the tax on salt, fasted, wrote books, and campaign, but was saddened when he saw the outcome.
• Explains that gandhi did many things to build up the nation, including the constructive programme (mahatma gandhi on violence and peace education). he promoted hand-spinning, weaving, and other skills.
• Explains that gandhi wrote extensively about education. he cared a lot about educating everybody. gandhi's new education was part of his constructive programme.
• Analyzes how albert einstein's quote showed the impact gandhi had on others and how great of a person he was.