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How Gandhi’s life most impacted India “You can chain me, you can beat me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” This quote is from Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Porbandar, India, and was assassinated on January 30th, 1948 in New Delhi, India. He was the leader of the Indian Independence movement, and believed in a philosophy based on truth, and nonviolence called, Satyagraha. He’s also inspired many movements for civil rights, and freedom.…

"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him," said Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest revolutionary leaders in history. Though some people, like Malcolm X, during the Civil Rights movement did not agree with non-violence, non-violence is always the smartest and safest way of protesting. This is what Robert Kennedy wanted to teach the people with his speech on the day Martin Luther King Jr. died: that violence does not lead…

Jocelyn Jones 8 December 2015 3:30 English 1001 Zordani Research Paper Draft 3 Mahatma Gandhi In a world where oppression has touched many societies, great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela have used methods of passive resistance to promote equality in their nations. Mahatma Gandhi executed different ways to change the injustice Indians experienced in India and South Africa. Gandhi can be considered an important individual because of his ability to combat…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was a revolutionary Indian leader who used his great power for social reform. He played an active role in the struggle for independence of India by resisting through mass non-violent civil disobedience. Through his efforts, the Indian community broke free from British rule, after being subjected to discrimination and unjust ruling for centuries. After facing racial discrimination in South Africa in the late nineteenth century, he decided to devote his life…

aggression. Gandhi uses these words in the inverse implying both the denouncement of aggression and the aversion to violence involved in the philosophy of non-cooperation. Thus, in addition to using softer diction, Gandhi cleverly subverts violence with violent words: “My co-operation was not based on the fear of the punishments provided by your laws or any other selfish motives.” Here Gandhi immediately distances himself from the qualities of the empire that he denounces through the…

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of India. He received the nickname Mahatma meaning Great Soul. Gandhi is well praised with historians for fighting for independence using his words and nonviolent philosophy instead of using violence. Gandhi was born October 2, 1869, at Porbandar. Gandhi was a timid and a decent student at school. He went through a rebellious period during his teenage years: He ate meat, smoked, and lied a lot. He regretted his actions and went back to his…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Bapu, as everyone used to call him is known for his strong ideals. Not only did he include them in his individual life, but also turned those very ideals into a mass movement which led a nation to its independence. His movement or Satyagraha was moment for the truth. One of those ideals was that of Ahimsa. While the word “Himsa” would mean violence, Ahimsa would mean non violence. According to Gandhi, the essential element of Ahimsa is truth. It is inseparable from…

Mao Zedong and Mahatma Gandhi, two respected leaders who achieved great accomplishments during their lives. However, Mao Zedong tends to have a much more negative connotation than Mahatma Gandhi. Some will say that they are very different from each other, while others might claim that they are very similar. On an unbiased view, they are infact very different and very similar in every way. Here in this essay, you will find out everything you need to understand between the two leaders. Mao Zedong…

The man of nonviolent resistance, Mohandas K. Gandhi once said “‘Civil disobedience, is the inherent right of a citizen.... Above all, [it] must have no ill will or hatred behind it” (Contemporary Heroes and Heroines). Meaning it is one’s free will that makes them able to be civil disobedient. This is shown through the character Antigone in the play Antigone by Sophocles. Also through one of history’s most influential people Mohandas K. Gandhi of India. His civil disobedience is shown through a…

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…