The “great soul,” Mahatma Gandhi was a man of honor. He was a man that proved that it only takes one to change the world. Overcoming countless challenges Gandhi lived a hard, selfless life. His entire life was dedicated to his people, whom he constantly tried to gain freedom for. Gandhi lived to the tender age of 79, when he was assassinated in 1948. The entire world mourned over the death of this significant man and still remember him today. Gandhi lived his whole childhood in an extremely peaceful and religious family of Hindu faith. His mother, to him a saint, inspired him to become a good person in everything that he did. As a young man, Gandhi went through a rebellious phase in which he went against most of what he believed
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He had traveled to Pretoria in South Africa to become a legal representative. This marked the beginning of his historical political life. Gandhi spent 21 years in South Africa, where he was in constant contact with the British, Muslims, and Indians. As a result of the varied culture in South Africa, he developed his political prowess. He had received a great amount of knowledge about the different people in the area and what they are like, giving him a huge advantage within politics. Gandhi was able to understand the people and how they were feeling about everything. The Indians in Southern Africa were led by Muslims. Gandhi believed the Muslims to be Indian just as he is, and because of this, he wanted them to unite. The British, on the other hand, were different to him. They were harsh and discriminated everybody that wasn’t white all the time. One specific example of racism in Southern Africa was directed to Gandhi himself. He had gone to sit on a first-class seat on the train and was literally thrown off of the train by the conductor. He was tossed out of the train at Pietermaritzburg. This event sparked up Gandhi’s drive for freedom and equality for the Indians in Southern Africa. Throughout the 21 years that he had lived there, Gandhi would constantly be working for Indian rights. Soon enough, he had formed the Natal Indian …show more content…
These actions were not just aimed towards the higher groups of India’s caste system, but even the lowest of the low, such as the
He had traveled to Pretoria in South Africa to become a legal representative. This marked the beginning of his historical political life. Gandhi spent 21 years in South Africa, where he was in constant contact with the British, Muslims, and Indians. As a result of the varied culture in South Africa, he developed his political prowess. He had received a great amount of knowledge about the different people in the area and what they are like, giving him a huge advantage within politics. Gandhi was able to understand the people and how they were feeling about everything. The Indians in Southern Africa were led by Muslims. Gandhi believed the Muslims to be Indian just as he is, and because of this, he wanted them to unite. The British, on the other hand, were different to him. They were harsh and discriminated everybody that wasn’t white all the time. One specific example of racism in Southern Africa was directed to Gandhi himself. He had gone to sit on a first-class seat on the train and was literally thrown off of the train by the conductor. He was tossed out of the train at Pietermaritzburg. This event sparked up Gandhi’s drive for freedom and equality for the Indians in Southern Africa. Throughout the 21 years that he had lived there, Gandhi would constantly be working for Indian rights. Soon enough, he had formed the Natal Indian …show more content…
These actions were not just aimed towards the higher groups of India’s caste system, but even the lowest of the low, such as the