Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

from the British. Even after Gandhi wrote a letter to the British Viceroy of India, asking for rules to be relaxed, no action was taken by the British. To his followers, Gandhi said, “On bended knees I asked for bread and I have received stone instead,” and encouraged them to continue with the salt march. People marched for 240 miles over a course of 23 days. They reached the coast and began producing their own salt. Their actions inspired the world, and gave Gandhi many more followers. Kallie…

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”Elie Wiesel said this in his speech after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. We must know how to take sides to help us be the voice for all of these people that have been silenced due to dehumanization. The Holocaust was a genocide during World War II in which Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany systematically murdered some seven million European Jews.…

most of us know as Mahatma Gandhi was actually named Mohandas Gandhi. Mahatma actually means great soul in Sanskrit (Mahatma Gandhi Biography 13). A man widely known as Great Soul doesn’t seem like someone who should have been assassinated, yet he was. Gandhi was an activist that preached peace and fought for human rights. He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on January 30th, 1948 (Mahatma Gandhi Biography 26). Nathuram Godse was a Hindu extremist who believed that Gandhi sided too far with…

Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela all fought for peoples rights against their government. They all stood up for what they thought was right and unfair against the people. Mohandas Gandhi protested against the British government and when the British started taxing salt on the people of India, he didn’t think it was right. He peacefully protested by marching to the ocean and claiming that the salt belonged to the people. Gandhi stated “ you may choose any device to break the…

The Salt March was a form of protest led by Gandhi against the British government in India after World War I around the year 1930. This protest focused on resisting the British tax on salt production. Gandhi marched 24 days to India’s west coast and taking salt from this area. This action was considered illegal because India was currently under British control. The Salt March left a message for India’s economic standing that they [India] should declare independence from Britain. 2. The…

attention to the hostility of this period with regard to impactful events such as countless wars and the rise and fall of political leaders, revolutionaries, and activists. Among the activists of the time, three of the most prominent were Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. Today, these men are revered not solely based on their ability to successfully lead their people to justice and equality, but by the way in which they chose to do so. They all realized that total war…

There have been many historical figures that are admirable or detestable representations of the expression to lead by example; such as, Julius Caesar, Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King, and others. All of theses leaders were instruments of change and renewal. They unify voices from people to achieve a solution to the situations that segregates the people thus creating conflicts. These leaders have been promoters of change and have been soldiers of improving humanity. They shaped nations,…

Gandhi urged the public to develop his method of satyagraha. Gandhi hoped that his method would bring swaraj, self-rule for Indians, without the help of the British. Gandhi encouraged supporters to participate in general strikes, street demonstrations, boycotting imported goods, and risking the consequences for believing in their rights…

I personally agree with Gandhi, as I believe that we should not resort to violence, not even as a last resort. A more peaceful and nonviolent solution is always possible, and should be strived to. This especially comes to mind in the topic of violent versus nonviolent protests. History tells us that nonviolent protest have been the more successful of the two, and there are many notable examples. Gandhi himself aimed to achieve his goal of bringing freedom to India through nonviolence, and he…

ideals. Gandhi fought for his ideals using satyagraha which is the idea of firmness in truth. Gandhi was peaceful in his protest and stood for the idea that it possible to be harmless and powerful. He was persistent even when the government put him behind bars. Gandhi used his voice to inspire and persuade people. Satyagrahas is one of the backbones for non violent protests that is in place today. Gandhi first found this idea in South Africa while he was working in a law firm. Mandela and…