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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Riceville High School John Miller Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi was a civil rights activist in the country of India that was controlled by Great Britain prior to World War II. If not for Gandhi, India may have not gained their independence from Great Britain. India was not the country it is today. The city was just awful, everybody was going hungry, people were being enslaved for no reason, but Gandhi cured that. Gandhi didn’t attack the…

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    Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi transformed a social movement during British Imperialism. He enforced the ideas of non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “ Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of a man.”…

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    Influential leaders Karamchand Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden Influential leadership is the power of a director to encourage movement in a team or group just through developing the ability of motivation and communication of a person to do an action or behavior accordingly. Powerful leaders have the ability to form history, and only few influential leaders have the distinction of truly changing the word. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden were both influential leaders, and they had a big…

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    Gandhi Imperialism

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    To What Extent can Gandhi be Considered an Opponent of imperialism? When an individual such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fought against the British empire, with non-violent tactics, could be considered an opponent to imperialism in india. He defended his people with skills he had learned from his childhood and his time in both london and Africa. He was a man of acceptance of most no matter what religion, sex, age and lifestyle was. His way of life and how he wanted india to be an…

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also affectionately known as Mahatma Gandhi which implies “great soul”, is widely recognized as the father of Indian nation and one of the greatest political and spiritual leaders of all time. Mahatma Gandhi led India to independence by pioneering and employing nonviolent civil disobedience, and inspired civil rights movement all around the world. Mahatma Gandhi first became a lawyer after receiving education in England. Being prone to change and tolerant of all…

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    D. Roosevelt, Vladimir Lenin and many other great leaders, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Ghandi, was a very famous political and spiritual leader in India, he was the one who accomplished the Indian independence which his nation hoped for such a long time. He was the one who lead the campaign of the passive resistance, which had a great impact over the world. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, located in the North West…

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    The Humanitarian Hero Gandhi A hero is a person who is determined to make a change in the world in any way possible, no matter the circumstances or challenges they may face. Fighting for your civil rights is not something most people can say they have done they have done in their life. Not only did Mahatma Gandhi fight for his civil rights, he fought and led Indians in the civil rights movement in South America and India. Mahatma Gandhi, birth name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born October…

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    A string of facts behind facts does not register as well as something that can be directly connected to someone. Although both Martin Luther King, author of “Letter From Birmingham City Jail” and a strong advocate for African American rights, and Gandhi, author of the “Dandi March Speech” and leader of the Indian Independence Movement, both use rhetoric to further convey their message of equality and nonviolent direct action to their audience, King’s passion infused diction is ultimately more…

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    Gandhi played a key role in the development in nonviolence and peace activities while opposing British rule. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. There was an immense amount of followers, and he taught many how to protest peacefully, instead of using violence and war. Gandhi is a role model for many today and is one of the most famous of all nonviolent activists. Gandhi made a large impact on the world through his work.…

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    there are others that choose to use nonviolence. Gandhi was a nonviolent leader who protested against injustice towards his people. He tried to end racism and inequality after all his experiences through the world. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi demonstrates himself as a game changer by using nonviolent acts because of his longing to provide freedom to India. Although Gandhi seemed like such a brave individual, he was not fearless as a child: “Young Gandhi was a shy, unremarkable student who was so…

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