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In the western world the word truth connotes something static and immutable. We see truth as something, that once possessed, will always be valid. But there is a tendency in Eastern philosophy to see truth as something illusive, as something that can only be approximated by a lifetime of philosophical experimentation. The man known as Mohandas Gandhi was this spirit of truth incarnate. But care must be taken not to deify Gandhi, his life was a ceaseless struggle towards deeper understanding, and his many accomplishments belie his humble origins. To see the man beneath the legend we must return to his humble origin and trace the ascension of his ideals, and find the wellspring of his strength. By understanding how he discovered his values...show more content...
Gandhi soon discovered that to blend into his new surroundings he would have to put on the airs of an English gentleman. He changed his outward appearance by wearing suits and assuming the habits of polished society. Glass mirrors were a luxury in India, but while in England he writes, ?Here I wasted ten minutes every day before a huge mirror, watching myself arranging my tie and parting my hair in the correct fashion.? (Experiments 67) But Gandhi?s transplant into English society was not to be, in his second year in England Gandhi took the next big leap in his spiritual development when he discovered the Bhagavad Gita. While still a student Gandhi came across the Bhagavad Gita, a collection of 700 lines from the Mahabharata. From his essay The Gospel of Selfless Action, Gandhi comments that The Gita teaches that only through desireless action and devotion to truth can salvation be found. He goes on to say, ?Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire.? (Gandhi 37) This closely mirrors the idea of praxis put fourth by philosopher Paulo Freire, according to this idea of praxis, an action without reflection is dangerous, and a reflection without action is useless. It?s obvious from Gandhi?s commentary on The Gita that he made no distinction between religious practice and everyday action. In Gandhi?s mind, to be a true practitioner of religion required both spiritual knowledge and

Braiden Brooks
Mr. Dunne
World History
11 December 2017
Informative Essay
"We may stumble and fall, but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle." (Mahatma Gandhi) Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent protests did change India for the better. Mahatma Gandhi was a wise man born on October 2, 1869, in western India. Around 18, Gandhi started to study law in England, but couldn't find good payment and went back to India and started a newspaper. This is a reason that the Indians Rebelled against the British. Mahatma Gandhi grew up in Western India and was in a middle–class family. With his mother and his father. Gandhi's parents raised him to be a devoted Hindu and Gandhi did and still was a devoted Hindu till he died. Around the age of 18 years, old Gandhi went to England to study law. He did study law and got his Barrister's after he earned his degree he went back to India. He saw all the segregation in the India, so he created the Idea of Civil Disobedience. When he got back India he couldn't get a well–paying job. So he started a newspaper and started putting his Ideas of Nonviolent peace into it. Over the years Gandhi changed how the Indian Congress looked on British rule.
Nonviolent protest or civil disobedience have dated back to the revolutionary war. It wasn't called civil disobedience then, it began to actually become an idea when Mahatma Gandhi started a thing called Satyagraha or Truth Force. It was an idea to nonviolently protests against the government and laws without using force. Gandhi started to revolt and gathered followers him and to rebel against British rule.
A major action that happened was the salt march, Gandhi and 78 followers started marching down to the village called Dandi. The march grew bigger and bigger as the march continued. By the time they reached the beach the group was about two miles long. Gandhi was expecting to be arrested when he picked up a piece of mud, he wanted to be arrested. Sadly Gandhi was not arrested when he picked up the mud, so Gandhi created another plan to get arrested. He sent a letter to the British leader and told him that he and his followers were going to raid the British Salt Works. The British arrested Gandhi and some

Mohandas Gandhi, also known as Mahatma "Great Soul" or Bapu "father", was the leader of Indian nationalism in the early 20th century. Born October 2nd, 1869, Gandhi serves as a driving symbol of India's independence from Britain as well the father of civil disobedience. Moreover, with his pious background, Gandhi advocated for religious tolerance and used religion as a guiding force in his principles. During the 20th century, Indians living in South Africa and India faced racial discrimination. With unlawful acts against Indians being passed by the British government, Gandhi had a political reawakening that changed his life to dedicate his life in reforming India. Gandhi pushed for Indian's, as well as many who were oppressed, to question their deepest prejudices about caste, religion, and violence. This allowed people to stand by him and follow him through his acts of protest and civil disobedience. Gandhi demonstrated to officials, countries, and oppressors that he is a man that will not back down––even after times and times of jail. In addition to Gandhi championing discrimination in race and democracy, Gandhi fought for women's rights, education, and religion. Anybody who came in contact with him were deeply influenced by his personality and morals. Mahatma Gandhi continues to be a revered symbol in American culture with his adherence to high moral values, his promotion of nonviolent resistance, and equality for all races that inspires society to create change.

Mahatma Gandhi Introduction Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and the prophet of nonviolence in the 20th century, was born, the youngest child of his father's fourth wife, on Oct. 2, 1869, at Porbandar, the capital of a small principality in Gujarat in western India under British suzerainty. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, who was the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar, did not have much in the way of a formal education but was an able administrator who knew how to steer his way between the capricious princes, their long–suffering subjects, and the headstrong British political officers in power. Gandhi's mother, Putlibai, was completely absorbed in religion, did not care much for finery and jewelry,...show more content...
His adolescence was probably no stormier than that of most children of his age and class. What was extraordinary was the way his youthful transgressions ended. "Never again" was his promise to himself after each escapade. And he kept his promise. Beneath an unprepossessing exterior, he concealed a burning passion for self–improvement that led him to take even the heroes of Hindu mythology, such as Prahlada and Harishcandra––legendary embodiments of truthfulness and sacrifice––as living models. In 1887 Mohandas scraped through the matriculation examination of the University of Bombay and joined Samaldas College in Bhavnagar (Bhaunagar). As he had suddenly to switch from his native language––Gujarati––to English, he found it rather difficult to follow the lectures. Meanwhile, his family was debating his future. Left to himself, he would have liked to be a doctor. But, besides the Vaishnava prejudice against vivisection, it was clear that, if he was to keep up the family tradition of holding high office in one of the states in Gujarat, he would have to qualify as a barrister. This meant a visit to England, and Mohandas, who was not too happy at Samaldas College, jumped at the proposal. His youthful imagination conceived England as "a land of philosophers and poets, the very centre of civilization." But there were several hurdles to be crossed before the visit to England could be realized. His father had left little

Mahatma Gandhi Growing up Born in 1869 on October 2. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi lived in Porbandar, a region of India that (at the time) was a part of the British Empire, now known as Gujarat. Growing up, Gandhi worshipped the Hindu god Vishnu. His belief of Jainism aimed to achieve the liberation of the soul, embracing non–violence, meditation and vegetarianism. He believed in Ahimsa meaning non–violence and equality. As a young child, Gandhi was considered being shy, timid and an unremarkable student. Aged 18, he sailed to England to study where he read a variety of sacred texts and learnt more about world religions. He later explains "if only we could, all of us, read the scriptures of the different Faiths from the stand–point of the followers of those faiths, we should find that they were at the bottom, all one and were all helpful to one another" he considered them a comfort and recommended everyone to read them at some point in time. He stayed in England for 3 years before returning back to India where he struggled to gain any footing as a lawyer and wrestled to find work, therefore taking a job offer in South Africa at an Indian firm. Contribution to society and beginning his Ascent. When Gandhi arrived in South Africa, he was appalled and disgusted with the way Indians were being treated. Not being allowed to gain citizenship as an immigrant and being thought of as a third class citizen. In the courtroom, he was asked if he could

As a child, Mahatma Gandhi (October 2nd, 1869 – January 30th, 1948) he was a shy, quiet boy and considered an average student. He did not show any exceptional qualities, but that made the world that much more intrigued when he became the one of the world's most respected religious figures. Like the rest of us, Gandhi wasn't perfect. He experimented with smoking, stealing and eating foods such as meat that were frowned upon in his religious upbringing. By the age of 13, he married his wife Kasturba and later on had 4 children. He eventually moved to England to study law, and he had to promise his mother he would stay away from women, meat and wine. In London, Gandhi met many theosophists, vegetarians and others who had the legacy of...show more content...
He learned more about the grievances faced by other Indians, studied law organized petitions and wrote letters to the officials, all in the process of fighting against injustice (Rosenberg, 2009).
In 1896, the Bubonic plague outbreak occurred in South Africa, this is when Gandhi offered to inspect the lives of the rich and poor since the disease was associated with poor hygiene. This shows how much he truly cared for those who may have not been heard or even paid attention to. In 1915, he returned to India and within the next 15 years, he became the leader of the Indian Nationalist Movement. He continued to use Satyagraha to lead Indians in independence from Britain campaigns. While fighting for justice, Gandhi was arrested on numerous occasions by the British colonists in South Africa as well as India. (Fischer, 1983) He believed that going to jail for a just caused was an honor, even when being sentenced to 7 years for inciting people against the British. He also participated in a 21 day fast in his cell when a Muslim–Hindu was broke out. This shows how hard he worked to preserve the Hindu–Muslim relation. (Easwaran, 1997)
Gandhi spent his life fighting for the rights of the poor, and for the removal of the British colonialists from India. His way of fighting for justice using nonviolent tactics were also inherited and used by other activists such as Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela. His accomplishments were respected by many and changed

Mahatma Gandhi was a man of faith and great conviction. Mohandas Gandhi, Whom most people know as Mahatma, meaning "Great Soul", dedicated most of his life to free his motherland by using peace and love to a vast extent rather than war and destruction. Gandhi founded Satyagraha, a new peaceful way to raise his voice. Gandhi was very well educated and helped the oppressed Indian community of South Africa. He came up with a policy of non–violent resistance called Satyagraha or 'devotion to truth'. He introduced a program known as swadeshi meaning "one's own country" to boycott British goods. Gandhi began a synchronized protest march against an unfair tax on salt, which was imposed on the Indians by the British government. This march shook...show more content...
This shows how Gandhi chose to help his country without being asked to do so. He gave up his job and risked his family's' and his own life.
In 1919, India was in confusion, as a result of the Rowlett Acts which gave draconian powers for search and seize without warrant and confinement without trial. Some 25,000 people gathered, mostly for a political meeting, some to celebrate Baisakhi, Sikh New Year. General Reginald Dyer got to know about this and immediately ordered to block the entrances of the park where the meeting took place and to fire. Thousands of people lost their lives (Bose 55–56). When Mahatma Gandhi saw the amount of bloodshed, he again turned to non–violent protest and went on a hunger strike. Gandhi transformed the Indian National Congress and his program of peaceful non–cooperation with the British, and announced boycott of British goods and institutions, leading to arrests of thousands. In 1922, Gandhi himself was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. He was released after two years and left politics, to devote himself to improve Hindu–Muslim relations (Mohandas Gandhi). Gandhi took a great step against the British government without forgetting non–violence, which also led to the increase in number of his followers. In 1930, Gandhi announced a new movement of civil disobedience in protest against a tax on salt, leading thousands on a march to the sea to symbolically make their own salt from seawater. He bravely went to the sea and took a

The book INDIA OF MY DREAMS is a collection of passages from writing and speeches of Mahatma Gandhi. In this book author discusses about the various aspect of Indian culture its heritage and about the society at large. The changing socio–economic and political scenario is compared with that of past and various experiences of Gandhi has been discussed in this book.
As the author observed that from time immemorial our country is known as KARMBHUMI worldwide not as the BHOGABHUMI . It is essentially the land of duty not the land of enjoyment. The author envisages an India which is free and strong so that for the betterment of world at large, she may offer herself a willing and voluntary sacrifice. The destiny of the nation lies not in the...show more content...
The main goal of his basic education is an all–round drawing out of the best in the child and man– body, mind and spirit. According to him highest development of mind and soul can be possible only when there is a holistic education of individuals, self reliance of both i.e as an individual and also as a society. He was the pioneer in propagating the idea of free and compulsory education in India, cause he felt that the country is plagued by endemic poverty ,so if the education is not free and compulsory, there will be abysmal state of literacy in India.
For Gandhi true education is that one which leads to freedom and liberation, as against the common perception of education is its commercialisation in the market. Freedom is necessary for attaining Moksha. As he states further that liberations are of two type– long lasting and short spanned. Liberation of our soul and liberation of character building are long lasting , liberation of a nation is short lived. So for him liberation of individual was more fundamental in nature to that of liberating the nation.
He also emphasized that the basic education should focus on the intellectual development of children through the medium of handicraft. His idea was to bring social revolution through

The Achievement of Mahatma Gandhi The purpose of this paper is to analyze the achievement of Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma's name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi was a Indian political and spiritual leader that lived from 1869 to 1948. In South Africa he fought for Indian population and practiced law there as well. He worked hard for Indian independence from Great Britain and He gave up on western ways to have a abstinence and spiritual life. Most of his fights was by him fasting until the violence has ended. His achievements were all by his fight against violence and the unfairness in this world. He has helped a...show more content...
He has put his life on the line many times by becoming a passive resistance as a way to end the British rule but his efforts forced the British to put him in jail many times but he had threatened them that he will fast until his death which made them release him from jail. He has helped the poor in the Caste system by leading the fight in the Indian National Congress to get rid of the Caste system mainly the untouchables. Unfortunate he was unsuccessful in doing so. Gandhi believed in not killing animals for food or clothing. He believed that the way people behave is more important than what they achieve. Gandhi succeeded because in 1915 he returned to India and within five years, he became the leader of the Indian nationalist movement. In 1919, the British government introduced the Rowlatt bills to make it unlawful to organize opposition to the government. He led a campaign and has prevented one of the bills from happening. This is one of his main successfulness in his life. The event that has made Gandhi really determined was when a British general ordered his mens to fire on an unarmed crowd which the result was that 400

Mahatma Gandhi's Influence and Ideas

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. Gandhi's teachings of non–violent resistance, known as satyagraha, has had a lasting effect and influence on the world today. He has been the role model...show more content...
Many of them were put in prison but, as Gandhi taught, served their sentences with dignity. Eventually, In 1914, the government gave in and abolished the special tax, agreed to recognized the Hindu marriage ceremony and changed the registration law. It is a testament to both Gandhi's abilities as a leader and the power of his ideals that he was able to rally the Indian population and bring about these vital changes. Feeling that his work in South Africa was complete he returned to India. By 1919 Gandhi had become one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress. In 1920 he became president of the All–Indian Home Rule League and began to draw together different groups who wanted independence for India. Gandhi began a campaign of "non–cooperation" against the British and was joined by thousands of people, some of whom had given up working for the British. When violence broke out in one region Gandhi was arrested. During his trial he told the court, "I ran the risk and if I was set free I would still do the same… I am, therefore, here to submit not to a light penatily but to the highest penalty. I do not ask for mercy." (Wilkinson, 49) By saying this Gandhi was standing by his belief that by conducting themselves with dignity and humility Indians would make a greater impact on the British government than they would

Mahatma Gandhi

Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919, Gandhi devoted his life to gaining India's independence from Great Britain. As the dominant figure used his persuasive philosophy of non–violent confrontation, he inspired political activists with many persuasions throughout the world (Andrews 23). Not only was Mahatma Gandhi a great peacemaker, but also his work to achieve freedom and equality for all people was greatly acknowledged. Gandhi's unconventional style of leadership gained him the love of a country and eventually enabled him to lead the independence movement in India. Mohandas Gandhi, later called Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2,1869 in Porbandar, which is the present day state of Gujarat, India (Andrews...show more content...
By saying that, he meant that no one should worry about where they stand in society or how they are judged because in God's eyes everyone is perfect and everyone is equal therefore, no one who has any faith in God should be worrying about their so called "imperfections." This great man struggled to gain the important rights for all Indians, and this is where it all began.
Once Gandhi's mission in South Africa was complete, he returned to India and became involved in the home ruling movement. He was concerned with excessive land tax and discrimination, so he organized protests by peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to help them stand tall and fight for what they deserved (Gold 57).
During World War I, Gandhi had an active part in recruiting campaigns by launching his new movement of non–violent resistance to Great Britain (Byers 202). When Parliament passed the Rowlatt Acts in 1919, Satyagraha, which means insistence on truth, spread throughout India, recruiting millions of followers. British soldiers massacred Indians at Amritsar as a demonstration against the Rowlatt Acts. In 1920 the British government failed to make peace, which resulted in Gandhi organizing a campaign of non–cooperation (Andrews 103). There was chaos in India as the public

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi. Also known as Mahatma the great soul, was the "father of modern India". He originally came from Western India, a city called Porbandar. He was born on 2nd October 1869. Gandhi was on of the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand Gandhi, who was a Prime Minister successively in Porbandar, Rajkot and Vankaner States. Gandhi's mother was Putlibai, Karamchand Gandhi's fourth wife. In 1876 he attended a primary school in Rajkot until the twelfth year. Later on he was engaged to Kasturbai. In 1881 Gandhi want on to do further education in a high school (in Rajkot). Two years later in 1883 he marries Kasturbai. In 1887 Gandhi joins Samaldas...show more content...
He fasted until the rioters promised peace to him. A Hindu who had been angered by the Mahatma's efforts to settle Hindus and Muslims. Put his life to an end with three pistol shots. As the first bullet struck, Gandhi's foot, which was in motion, descend to the ground, but he remained standing. The second bullet struck; blood began to stain Gandhi's white clothes. Gandhi murmured. "Hey, Rama (Oh, God)." A third shot happened. The limp body settled to the ground. His spectacles dropped to the earth. The leather sandals slipped from his feet. Mahatma Gandhi's devoted his life mainly to help others, in Ahimsa, non–violence and Hindu – Muslim riots, he was largely inspired by the Gita– the Hindu holy book. Basically he believed everyone should have equal rights. His successes in life were when he studied law in England, got a job in South Africa, when he did the salt march, identified him self with the untouchables– which are India's poorest people. Gandhi was really concerned about the increasing divisions between the Hindu and Muslim's. He tried as much he could to prevent the partition between the Hindu and Muslim's. However the amount of success he had been trough this was very different and he did not achieve what he wanted. He was very disappointed about the separation between the Hindu and Muslim's. To prevent the

Life and thoughts of mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in the coastal town of Porbandar, one of scores of tiny princely states and now part of theIndian state of Gujarat. Although the Gandhis, meaning grocers, were merchants by caste, they had risen to important political positions. Mohandas's father was the chief administrator and member of the court of Porbandar, and his grandfather that of the adjacent tiny state of Junagadh. Gandhi grew up in an eclectic religious environment. His parents were followers of the largely devotional Hindu cult of Vishnu (or Vaishnavites). His mother belonged to the Pranami sect, which combined Hindu and Muslim religious beliefs, gave equal honour to the sacred books of the...show more content...
His similar campaigns against immigration restrictions and discriminatory licensing laws were much less successful. He increasingly began to complain that constitutional pressures, petitions, and rational persuasion were making no impact on 'prejudiced' minds, and wondered what else he should do. He found the answer a few years later. When Transvaal passed a law in 1907 requiring the registration and fingerprinting of all Indians and giving the police the power to enter their houses to ensure that the inhabitants were registered, Gandhi hit upon his well–known method of satya¯graha. It was a form of non–violent resistance and involved peaceful picketing of registration centres, burning registration cards, courting arrest, and gracefully accepting such punishment as was meted out. Gandhi's protest resulted in some concessions which, however, fell short of his original demands. It was followed by another satya¯graha, this time involving Indian women and miners, against such measures as the imposition of poll tax, the refusal to recognize Indian marriages, immigration regulations, and the system of indentured labour. This had greater success and led to the passage of the Indian Relief Act in 1914. During his 21 years in South Africa, Gandhi's ways of thought and life underwent important changes. Indeed the two became inseparable for him. Thought came to have no meaning for him unless it was lived out, and life was shallow unless it

Mohandas Gandhi once said "When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it––always." (Manas). Gandhi was the most well–known spiritual and political leader during India's independence movement. Born in India, Gandhi spent a large part of his life in South Africa. Taking part in civil–rights activities in South Africa, Gandhi returned to India where he took a major role in the opposition to British rule. Gandhi is universally known as Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma means great soul, an appreciative name given to him by Rabindranath Tagore, the leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which...show more content...
He would run home from school to avoid conversation with anyone. He loved taking long walks on his won and did not enjoy playing games (Nicholson).
Aiming for a successful future, Gandhi set out on a three week trip to London to study law. Gandhi was only nineteen at the time. Staying away from wine, women, and sticking to his strict vegetarian diet isolated him. Gandhi wrote "I would continually think of my home and country....Everything was strange...the people, their ways and even their dwellings. I was a complete novice in the matter of English etiquette and had continually to be on my guard." Trying to fit in as much as possible, Gandhi went through a phase of dressing in the fashion of the time. Wearing fashionable clothes was quite a contrast to the Gandhi the world came to know (Nicholson).
After two years and eight months in England, Gandhi passed his final examinations at the Inner Temple Inn of Court in London and was called to the bar in June 1891. At just twenty two years of age, Gandhi had completed studies in French, Latin, physics, and Common and Roman law (Mayberry). Sailing back from England he did not yet show his knowledge and resourcefulness that was to inspire millions. Gandhi himself referred to his college days as "the time before I began to live." Returning to India, he learned that his mother had died. This led to his admiration for all forms of life and teachings on pacifism and nonviolence. For the next two years Gandhi

Gandhi perceives imperialism as a creation of Industrial development, which perpetuates greed, and the desire to increase profit at the expense of the body and society. Gandhi states. "Those who are intoxicated by modern civilization are not likely to write against it. Their care will be to find out facts and arguments in support of it, and this they do unconsciously" (Gandhi, chp 6). Gandhi's presumes that civilization, like an incurable disease, and new–civilized creations are a limitation to the body and society. Thus, India's helplessness is in conjunction with its British association. Moreover, a 'disarmed India has no control of resistance of 'western–civilization' so then what is civilized justice? According to Gandhi, civil justice...show more content...
Machinery is viewed as the destruction of Indian society, and conclusive to the obstruction of ancient civilization's body and society. Industrial capitalism is subservient to Gandhi's society, and Industrial capitalism perpetuates colonial imperialism. It is a chief representation of western civilization, as Gandhi sates, "Now thousands of workmen meet together and for the sake of maintenance work in factories or mines. Their condition is worse than that of beasts. They are obliged to work, for the sake of millionaires, but by reproducing Manchester in India, our moral being will be sapped, and I call in support of my statement the very mill–bands as witnesses" (Gandhi, chp 19). It is inherent, that Gandhi's perception of society is one without industrial capitalism.

He saw machinery and materialism as greater representations of manipulation. The British had, like any imperialist civilization, a perpetuating greed to control natural resources for profit. Ultimately, in Gandhi's eyes the British wanted to have complete sovereignty over political bodies in their colonial parts. Village life was on the verge of distinction, thus Gandhi's ideology gave light to India's grim vision of being truly independent. Gandhi, as Metcalf sates, "believed in true independence, he envisioned it in Hind Swaraj (1909) it was not a simple matter of Indians replacing Britain's in the seat of government. It involved a wholesale

Mahatma Gandhi
Father of Peaceful Protest

Strong, resilient, and peaceful are three words that pop into peoples minds where they think of Gandhi. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, and he came from a Hindu family. His family was in the third caste. When he was growing up, there was a lot of racism from Britains in India. Indians had little rights when Gandhi was growing up. When Gandhi realized this, he dedicated his life to fighting for India and its inhabitants rights. Gandhi changed the world by showing people that you can be overwhelmingly strong without using force when he and thousands of other citizens and Indian rights activists protested peacefully, and shook the world. When Gandhi died, he left behind his legacy as father of peaceful protest.

Gandhi is known all around the globe for his peaceful way of protesting. One of Gandhi's protests was a boycott against the tax on salt. This boycott was called the Salt Act Walk. The Salt Act Walk was a...show more content...
Gandhi also fought for other groups rights, such as women's rights and the untouchables rights. Gandhi encouraged women to fight for their rights, and he also encouraged them to help fight for India's independence. Gandhi was also very sympathetic to the poor and to the untouchables, who he called " Children of God." When Gandhi visited new towns, he would meet up with the poor. Gandhi taught the poor that good hygiene keep sickness away, helped farmers, and he also built schools for the children. Gandhi undertook many fasts to get rid of the caste system, which defined untouchables as people so low that they were outside of the caste system. Gandhi was firmly against child marriage. Gandhi believed that God did not approve of marrying people at such a young age. Gandhi also believed in fair treatment of all groups. Gandhi was against racism to any people, as Gandhi believed in fair judgment no matter what religion or color of skin a person

Gandhi's leadership was unique, strong, and modern, yet he faced many critics who loathed what they viewed as Gandhi's forced universalism of his ideals. The three main areas of contention with regard to Gandhi's leadership were: communalism, untouchability and gender issues. These issues were part of a deeper debate on Indian identity and social reform as part of its move towards independence. Most – if not all – leaders of the time were concerned with defining the culture of the (potentially divided) Indian state in a manner that would ensure the continuity of such a state and therefore was as much a part of pre–independence politics as the struggle for independence itself. These issues were not and arguably could not have been resolved...show more content...
must necessarily be self–governing, self–sufficient, agro–industrial, urbo–rural, local communities" (Hay, 376). However, given the vast urbanization in India under the British Raj that built up cities such as Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, a ruralized picture of Indian society was difficult to manifest in reality.
In contrast to Gandhi and Narayan, B. R. Ambedkar, a nationalist born an Untouchable and one of Gandhi's fiercest critics, eschewed the village civilization philosophy. He argued, "Those who take pride in the village communities do not care to consider what little part they have played in the affairs and the destiny of the country... I hold that these village republics have been the ruination of India. I am therefore surprised that those who condemn Provincialism and communalism should come forward as champions of the village. What is the village but a sink of localism, a den of ignorance, narrow–mindedness and communalism" (Hay, 341). However, Ambedkar's disagreement is misleading. In fact, Ambedkar's disdain for village communities is rooted in his low–caste background. The "ignorance" and "narrow–mindedness" in villages more specifically pertains to the village communities' perpetuation of caste systems. Ambedkar sought the establishment of an Indian nation first and foremost before decentralization and power to village–based communities was given, as he did not believe that people divided into thousands of castes become a nation

Zack Sharifai
Ms. Kristy Ventre McKee
World History
October 31st 2017

Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India on October 2nd, 1869. His parents were Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi and Putlibai Gandhi. He was named Mahatma in his early life, which means "great soul" and some said he was a reincarnation of Vishnu, who was the second god in the Hindu group of three. Gandhi was influential in religious, political and equality practices.
In Gandhi's early life (30 to early 40's) he accomplished life changing events that set him on a path that leads to helping all kinds of people. His first major influence was when he fought against racial discrimination in South Africa in 1893. At the time of his arrival he faced common discrimination against people of color. The Natal Assembly was going to make a law that banned voters that were not of European origin. Another influence he had was in 1906 in South Africa. There was a law placed that required all Asian men who were in the Transvaal Province to be fingerprinted and have a form of pass. So Gandhi started the Satyagraha (AKA truth force) campaign of nonviolent resistance. He advised that Indians defy the law and take the punishments that come with the act of rebelliousness. This movement got more serious in 1914 when there was a £3 tax on ex–indentured Indians and the state refused to acknowledge Indian marriages. Satyagraha went on for 7 years, during which thousands of Indians were put into cuffs and

ESSAY ON MAHATMA GANDHI Mahatma Gandhi was born in the Porbandar city of Gujarat in october 2nd, 1869. His father name is Karamchand Gandhi, the diwan of Porbandar, and his wife, Putlibai. Since his mother was a Hindu of the Pranami Vaishnava order, Gandhi learned the tenets of non–injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting, mutual tolerance, etc, at a very tender age. Mohandas was married at the age of 13 to Kasturba Makhanji and had four sons. He passed the matriculation exam at Samaldas College of Bhavanagar. In the year 1888, Gandhi went to University College of London to study as a barrister. Gandhiji was the greatest man not only of India but to the world. He was the Father of the Nation and we called him "Bapu".. His...show more content...
Indians in public office resigned, government agencies such as courts of law were boycotted, and Indian children were withdrawn from government schools. Throughout India, streets were blocked by squatting Indians who refused to rise even when beaten by police. Gandhi was arrested, but the British were soon forced to release him. Economic independence for India, involving the complete boycott of British goods, was made a corollary of Gandhi's Swaraj (from Sanskrit, "self–governing") movement. The economic aspects of the movement were significant, for the exploitation of Indian villagers by British industrialists had resulted in extreme poverty in the country and the virtual destruction of Indian home industries. As a remedy for such poverty, Gandhi advocated revival of cottage industries; he began to use a spinning wheel as a token of the return to the simple village life he preached, and of the renewal of native Indian industries. Gandhi became the international symbol of a free India. He lived a spiritual and ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and meditation. The Mahatma's political and spiritual hold on India was so great that the British authorities dared not interfere with him. In 1921 the Indian National Congress, the group that spearheaded the movement for nationhood, gave Gandhi complete executive authority, with the right of naming his own successor. The Indian population, however, could not fully comprehend the unworldly