Mahatma Gandhi once said, “I wish for equality for all people, except for photographers and journalists” (“Mahatma Gandhi biography”). Gandhi was commonly known for his loving personality and his passion for life and equality. It was his mission to free India from the clutches of the British Empire and he will be remembered as one of the greatest pacifists to walk this earth. However, to achieve all of his objectives for truth and equality, he would have to overcome many adversities and hardships during his life.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar, Kathiawar agency, British Indian Empire. He is better known today as Mahatma meaning great soul or Bapu meaning father (“Mahatma Gandhi biography”). In Mahatma Gandhi’s early childhood he lived a challenging life as a member of the merchant caste. He was raised in a Hindu family like most people from an Indian heritage. As a young boy, his family put him in an arranged marriage, as was the custom at the time, with a young girl named Kasturba, or Kasturbai when he was only 13 and she was 14 (“Mahatma Gandhi life”). Given that they were put together and, not given a choice, one could imagine that they were not too fond of the idea of the marriage. But after they got to know each other and bonded, she gave birth to five children and became one of his biggest supporters. Gandhi suffered two personal losses when he was 15 years old with the death of his first child, who only lived a few days, and, the death of his father (Rosenberg). This chapter of his life is now close to ending, and moving on to the next, Gandhi as a young adult. As adulthood set in, he moved to London to be trained at Inner Temple London for the study of law. While in Lo...
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...from Britain. The celebration was cut short when Gandhi was shot three times and killed during a prayer meeting. The assailant’s name was Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist (“Mahatma Gandhi biography”). The death of Gandhi impacted all of India severely.
As the final chapter comes to a close, all of Gandhi’s adversities had been conquered, and all of his goals achieved. Gandhi is remembered as the man who freed India, protested for South Africans, and granted many people their civil rights. Gandhi’s life and legacy inspired many world leaders including Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and President Barack Obama. Albert Einstein referred to him as a role model for generations to come. Gandhi valued truth, non-violence, and equality, and perhaps, if we followed his philosophy, we could all learn to love one another, and live together in perfect harmony.
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.
The mission of Gandhi’s life was to help the people of India free themselves from British rule. Many people have struggled for independence. They have fought bloody battles or used terrorism in an attempt to achieve their goals. Gandhi’s revolution was different. He succeeded as an independence leader with the use of nonviolent methods. The young Mohandas Gandhi did not seem as a boy that would become a great leader. He changed as he studied in Britain and practiced in South Africa. He fought for the rights of Indians in both South Africa and India. Gandhi believed that all people in the world are brothers and sisters. He didn’t hate the English. Actually, he saw a lot that was good about them. His nonviolent means of revolution was referred to as satyagraha, which is a combination of two Sanskrit words, satya, meaning truth and love, plus agraha, meaning firmness. Many people were influenced by satyagraha.
Gandhi was not born poor or untouchable but to a respectful merchant class family (Bush 23). He did a lot of self-searching as a young man before becoming the “Mahatma” Indians respected and followed. Prior to achieving his status as an honored
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.
Throughout the history of mankind human beings have created many conflicts among one another and because of this we have experienced various types of war. It is human nature to quarrel but that does not mean it has to end in blood. Overcoming a suppressor does not require rioting or bombings, there is a way that involves peace instead of violence, and it can make an even larger impact. This was the approach Mahatma Gandhi took when he lead the backlash against the Europeans which controlled India in the mid 1900s. The reasons Gandhi's nonviolence movement worked was because Gandhi was level headed and respectful to the Europeans, all while holding firm to his peaceful tactics.
...es of past leaders Gandhi gained new perspective and subsequently avoided repeating the past; this lead him to attempt to embark upon a new path--one perceived as better for India. None of this would have been possible without the perspective gained through studying India’s brutal past. Subsequently his efforts and strategies were later emulated by other civil rights activists, effectively impacting the general society. Clearly, the perspective gained through looking back on one’s mistake would be impossible without adversity, which serves as the origin for remediation; society would not be able to progress without certain duress.
Gandhi died for upholding Muslim equality and was assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu. Gandhi's principle of nonviolence repeatedly held back many struggles at key moments. As a result, privileged groups in the urban centers and countryside were able to detach the struggle for political independence from the struggle for radical social change—using Gandhi's own goals of social justice. The British were gone, but the bureaucracy and police they built up still functioned with little change. Gandhi's will had been strong, but class forces proved stronger.
Thesis: It is clear that Gandhi made many sacrifices in his lifetime to not only appease millions around him, but to also influence many forthcoming icons.
For instance, “As he sought to free India from British colonialism, his methods--civil disobedience, passive resistance and nonviolence--proved so powerful that they were later adopted by such revolutionaries as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Cesar Chavez”(Matsuda 1). This proves that not only was Gandhi successful at freeing india, but other great leaders followed in his very one footsteps and looked up to him. Great leaders that also fought for freedom in other parts of the
...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.
Gandhi was pissed and so he withdrew from public life once again. Just them in 1935 the British gave the Indians a great amount of rights but they were not happy.
Gandhi is motivated by religious means; he believes that everyone is equal in God’s eyes. He gets involved in several movements for equality, and he stresses non-violence very strongly. The Indians are very mad because British rule continues to limit their rights. They are supposed to all get fingerprinted, and their marriage laws are invalid. Gandhi’s followers vow to fight their oppressors to the death, but he discourages them from violence.
“The strongest physical force bends before moral force when used in the defense of truth.” - Mahatma Gandhi (Bondurant). Mahatma Gandhi was the main leader in helping India become independent through the principles of non violence, self-rule, and the unity of Hindus and Muslims. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but he was given the name Mahatma later on in his life. He wanted to see an united India without the rule of the British Empire. He accomplished this with passive resistance or resistance by non violence because he wanted to show that violence is not always the best answer.
Since his time many leaders have been inspired by his example and anyone who tries to change the world for the better using peaceful means owes something to Gandhi.
Ever wonder what to do when you are in a situation that most people react in violence? Ever think that violence is the only way out? Mahatma Gandhi is a very inspirational role model who not only reacted to violence without violence but overcame it and (for the most part) succeeded in life without violence. He was a victim of bullying and segregation and looked past the odds and was inspirational for many people.