Essay About Mahatma Gandhi

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

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Essay On Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

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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

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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 Get more content

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Gandhi premiere on November 30, 1982 in New Delhi, India. The 190 minute film was wonderfully directed by Richard Attenborough and well written by John Briley. I found this film difficult to "briefly" summarize, however I would like to share a short timeline of events through the film's eyes. The movie opens with a message with message from the filmmakers which explains their approach to the problem of filming the documented complexity of Mahatma Gandhi's life. The message goes on to explain how there is no way to give each year, event and person involved in Gandhi's lifetime its specific impact. The opening scene in the movie is that of Gandhi's January 30, 1948 assassination in New Delhi, India by Nathuram Godse, a...show more content... Gandhi accepted. Events in South Africa had made Gandhi a very well–known man in India and in 1915 he along with family in tow, arrives in Bombay, India which is where the following scene takes place. I immediately noticed that he was no longer wearing a suit, but instead the traditional clothing of the Indian people. Upon returning to India, the film depicts Gandhi taking on the English once again with the backing of millions of Indian supporters seeking independence from Great Britain. This done by once again forming a non–violent protesting organization. From here the film goes on to show violence brought to Gandhi's followers, supporters, and the non–violent protestors by officials using force with gunfire, batons, etc. Afterwards, Gandhi was again imprisoned several times in India with one occurrence resulting in a six year sentence. Eventually Gandhi helped pave the way for India's independence however it wasn't all over. India began to divide between Muslim's and Hindu's and it was settled that the North and Eastern parts of India would be given to Muslim's and called Pakistan and Hindu's would be left with the rest of India as their homeland. Thus happening all against Gandhi's wishes. As scenes move on, Gandhi takes ill, and it becomes known that he has gone on a hunger strike due to the violence between Muslims and Hindu's. At one point it is clarified

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

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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

In 1869, Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in northwest India. When he was a young Man, he traveled to England to receive his college education and law degree. Upon returning to India he set out to change how the West was colonizing and industrializing his country, and set life to a new sort of technique that would change India, and give a new perspective, and shed light on Indian culture, and civilization. His techniques revolved around passive and calm responses instead of wild and violent responses to the British. His term "satygraha" meant "truth and firmness" which was a method of passive resistance to provoke a response. This is how Gandhi received respect and honor from his followers, and the people of Indian civilizations. He...show more content...

He believed that India should remain unscathed, he states that "India that her people are so uncivilized, ignorant and impassive, that it is not possible to induce them to adopt any changes." He also states that "civilization is that mode of conduct which points to man the path of duty." The Gujarati equivalent for civilization means "good conduct." In some of the primary sources Gandhi compares the mind to a restless bird; "the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied." Then he state's that "the more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become."

Gandhi talks about how his country has remained the same throughout the years, and has had no system of "life–corroding competition." He talks about how the Indian people have had the same types of cottages in their former times, and how their education has remained the same throughout the years. Gandhi also states that "It was not that we did not know how to invent machinery, but our forefathers knew that, if we set our hearts after such things, we would become slaves and lose our moral backbone." He believed that people should only do what they could with there hands and feet. He wanted people to live independently and to follow their agricultural livelihood, in a true home rule. This is what Gandhi considered to be a real civilization. In more recent times a situation that can compare to that of

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Satyagraha. Meaning "force or firmness of truth, Mohandas Gandhi worked and lived by this word. By peaceful, non–violent demonstrations he little by little took hold of the people of India's love and honor and freed them from British rule. This is his story: On October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, a region of Queen Victoria, Mohandas Gandhi was born to Kaba Gandhi and his wife. Although his father, Kaba, was the chief Minister for the Maharaja of Porbandar, he and his family lived in a small house and belonged to a Hindu caste of merchants called "banjas." As he grew, Mohandas became a small, shy andskinny boy, afraid of others' opinions. He never spoke out, but although he was never a clever child, others were...show more content... He had seen the hate the white man had for Indians. And for what reason? Their color or heritage? This did not seem right to him, so he began his life long struggle of never ending peaceful protests and his silent fight for justice for all.

Mohandas Gandhi died in January of 1948. (The actual date is in dispute. The information from my book said that his death was on the 30th, but the World Book Encyclopedia says that it was Jan. 13th) He was shot 3 times by Godse, a Hindu himself. The whole world mourned for Gandhi, a man who had no authority in government, but definitely had earned the respect and most importantly, the love of his people.

Showing love and humanity through peaceful acts, he became well– known and well–liked. For instance, in 1906 the Zulus in Africa (blacks) rebelled. A new tax had been forced upon them and they had refused to pay and decided to instead, fight. Sadly, they were almost at once crushed by the well–armed white people. There were many wounded so showing as much fortitude as possible, Gandhi and a group of his volunteers marched 40 miles a day through hilly country carrying much needed medical supplies to heal them. At first some of the soldiers wouldn't let him go, but eventually they understood. Some even thanked him.

Gandhi also, no matter how they hated this, wanted peace between the Muslims and the Hindus. Their religions were always against each

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A wise man once said, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." This man is Mahatma Gandhi. How does this apply to discovering yourself? Well, let me tell you a little bit about his life and my own experiences. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India; it was part of the British Empire. His native language was Gujarah. His parents were Karamchand Gandhi, a chief minister, and Putlibai, who was deeply religious, the fourth wife and nursed the family. He had an arranged marriage with Kasturba, at 13. His father and his first baby died when he was 16. At 18, after having 4 living sons, he sailed for London, England to study law for three years for his father's wishes. He joined the...show more content... He settled in Durban to practice law and founded the Natal Indian Congress, in 1894. This flooded the government, legislative, and press with statements of indian grievances, exposing the discrimination in Queen Victoria in her own colonies in Africa. All this had reached even The Times of London, The Statements, and Englishman commenting on Natal Indian grievances. In 1896, he went to India to get his wife and children, get support overseas, and persuade leaders. Landing in Durban, in 1897, he was assaulted and was almost lynched by a white mob, but he refused for them to be prosecuted. The outbreak of the South African (Boer) War, Gandhi raised an ambulance corporation of 1,100 and for them to instill in them a spirit of service, whom they thought of as oppressors. Though the Boers and Britons made a partnership, they were not included and their efforts did not impress them. In 1906, the Transvaal Government made a humiliating ordinance for the registration of its indian population. Under Gandhi, they held a mass protest at Johannesburg and born was satyagraha. For seven more years, 1913, hundreds of indians were put in jail and thousands of indian workers struck work faced imprisonment, flogging, and even shot. There were lots of lost, but this had exposed the South African Government. Under the pressure of the governments of Britain and India, they accepted a compromise

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

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Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the small western Indian state of Porbandar under the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ("Ghandi 's Life") . When Gandhi was finished with high school, he entered a small Indian college, the Samaldas College at the University of Bombay ("Mahatma"). After beginning his education here, however, he decided he disliked and traveled to the University College London, leaving his wife and infant son ("Ghandi 's Life"). It was while attending school in London that he initially became exposed to the diversity of the world; he pursued the study of religions such as Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism ("Mahatma"). After being admitted to the English Bar, Gandhi returned to India. He, however, had a difficult time...show more content...

By 1921, he was the leader of the Indian National Congress and was responsible for reorganizing the party's constitution around the concept of "Swaraj," political independence from the British ("Mahatma"). He also led a boycott of all British goods and institutions ("Mahatma"). On March 10th, 1922 Gandhi was arrested and served 2 years of a 6 year prison sentence for sedition ("Mahatma"). While Gandhi was serving his time in jail, the Indian National Congress lost its publicity and momentum ("Mahatma"). In fact it did not return to the public eye until 1928 when it campaigned for Britain to grant India "dominion status," which gave a state the ability to self–govern its people, while still remaining under control of the British monarchy (Alcock). In 1930, Britain introduced a tax on salt and Gandhi responded by leading a 250 mile march to the sea in order to collect his own salt ("Mahatma"). Because of Gandhi's social prominence, the government reluctantly negotiated issues with Gandhi, which led to alleviating poverty, empowering women, and eventually giving India political independence from Britain ("Mahatma"). Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, son of an Austrian customs official and a young peasant–worker (Wistrich). In October 1097, Hitler left home for Vienna, with dreams of becoming a painter (Wistrich). His plans changed when he was rejected admission from the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of