The Man Who Changed Life as We Know It Can you stop a country without going to war with them? Gandhi did just that with the British Empire pushing India around. India did not gain their independence like normal countries with force they did it with peaceful protest and Gandhi was a big reason how they did it. Mohandas K. Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar on the Kathiawar peninsula of India. Gandhi got married at the age of 13 by a set up wedding by both their parents and they had 4 kids. He left India to go to London to study law at the age of 19. He came back later did some great things then was assassinated by Hindu extremist in 1948. Gandhi beliefs, leadership, courage, and the way he inspired others were the reasons why he …show more content…
Without his leadership India may have never been freed from British rule. He also helped Africa and their situation with discrimination by standing up for what he believed in. After 20 years of staying in Africa Gandhi decided to move back home and when he gets there he noticed how controlling the British are, so he does something about it. Once people started to recognize he wasnt giving up on this stand of his they started to follow him like he was a president or someone like Martin Luther King Jr. In the book Concise History of the world: An Illustrated Timeline by Jerry Bentley he says, “In 1930 Gandhi led a 200 mile march to the sea to protest the British salt tax. He and other Indian National Congress leaders were jailed, but upon his release less than a year later Gandhi continued his fasts and nonviolent protests”(Kagan 296-343). He is showing trait in leadership by never giving up and keep fighting because Gandhi didn't get it on the first try he had to keep fighting and fighting until they got it like all great leaders like Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, and many more. Gandhi may not had the military background or some kind of leadership background but that didn't stop him from being the leader he was born to be. He was a simple man that believe in what he thought was
“ First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” (Mahatma Gandhi). Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar. Throughout his life Gandhi helped those in need. He was taught that everyone and everything is holy. He married at the custom age of 19 and went to London to study law. The thing that helped Gandhi promote nonviolence is that he worked his entire life saying that violence didn’t change the way people acted. He lived his life saying that an eye for an eye only made the whole world blind. Gandhi’s nonviolent movement worked because he had something to prove and everyone else in the world agreed with him.
...ndence. He demonstrated the value of love and humanity. He never hated anyone and never wanted to harm his enemy. Gandhi sacrificed his family life and personal possessions for what he thought was right. His mission started when he was insulted and decided to take a stand against it. He didn’t start out as a leader but developed into one throughout his years in South Africa. His goal in India was to gain independence for India. Even after the independence of India he sought to resolve the religious conflicts that existed between the Muslims and the Hindus. He was dedicated to serving people. Gandhi succeeded as an independence leader with the use of nonviolent methods. Satyagraha proved to be a technique that required courage, patience and life. When done properly the results were positive. This figure in world history will never be forgotten, but admired for years to come.
In the case of Mohandus Gandhi, his personal character allowed him to be a great leader. People wanted to be lead by him even though Gandhi held no real political office. At the beginning of his crusade to free India, he made his intentions completely known to the public. Not all people believed in the non-violence that he preached. To change that, Gandhi risked his own life fasting for long periods of time until all fighting and bloodshed stopped. It is selfless acts such as these that rang out to the population. Soon his ideas changed the characters of people around the world. This all could not have been accomplish...
Mohandas Gandhi was a non-violent promoter for Indian independence.He was married young at 13,and went to London to go to law school.Gandhi got his degree there and was on his way to being a lawyer.He went to his first case,but couldn't even speak. Gandhi then got invited to South Africa from a businessman. Gandhi’s luck their was no good either.European racism came to him,after he got kicked off of a train,because he was “colored” and was holding a first class ticket.When Gandhi fought back because of it,was arrested and was sent to jail.After this, he became know as as a leader.Gandhi returned to India in 1896,and he was disgusted by it.British wanted them to wear their clothes,copy their manners,accept their standards of beauty,but Gandhi refused.Gandhi wanted people to live free of all class and wealth.Gandhi tried so hard and was more successful then any other man in India.They won independence in 1947. Gandhi’s non-violent movement worked because,Gandhi used clever planning, mass appeal, conviction, and compassion to win independence for India.
...Because of Gandhi’s power, his flaw, and his catastrophe, one would say that Gandhi fits the model of a Greek tragic hero. Gandhi’s power was his heightened goodness, proven by his innumerable civil disobedience acts, where he continued to fight even while he was regularly jailed. His flaw was his tolerance and acceptance of everyone which led to his catastrophic assassination by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi’s teachings of nonviolence and peace still live on today, as they have inspired many other human rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Gandhi’s teachings are responsible for the successes of civil rights movements in other countries. He not only helped free India from British rule, but also gave people new thoughts about violence and imperialism around the world. Even today, India continues to live and remember the tutelage of Gandhi.
One day Gandhi got pushed out of the train when he refused to leave his seat for a white person, it was then that he decided never to be pushed down again and to fight for the rights of minorities. He started to lead the Indian workers in South Africa and fought for their rights. At this moment he made a rule to himself which made him popular: never to use violence in his fights, even if others would use violence against him .
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 entirely, but highlighted incidents and views that fell in the realm of Gandhi’s ‘blind spot’.
He believed in the peaceful method which he used to bring freedom to India and its people. His belief was that he could achieve independence for India through nonviolent means and so he did, but only by staying true to his cause and belief of peaceful disobedience. His genius comes from the fact that he achieved his goal without raising arms against the oppressors, where as many others would’ve seen war as the only solution, and that’s where Gandhi’s genius reveals itself. Only a fool would think that there is only one way to go about everything to be sure, but surely you would agree that it is foolish to believe so, but would attaining to those thoughts and beliefs make you a genius? Well, in the right light, butter is unmistakably gold and carrot cubes are unmistakably topaz crystals.
It wasn’t easy for him to fight for these rights, or even get them. So he encouraged people to work together which is stated in Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy “He encouraged others to defend their rights in this manner, and to work together to end racial injustice in South Africa”. If Gandhi didn’t encourage people to work together to end racial injustice, then they never would have ended racial injustice. South Africa wasn’t friendly to non-whites which lead to everyone fighting to end racial injustice. “. . . South Africa was not a friendly place for non-whites” (Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy). Gandhi found out that when he was in South Africa, that it was only friendly to whites and not non-whites. Part of the reason that South Africa was like that was because it was part of the British colony. “Part of the problem in South Africa was that it was part of the British colony. . . . It was this situation that led to much of the racial tension in the country. . . ” (Satyagraha: Gandhi’s Legacy). If South Africa were to get independence from Britain, which they later did, then the racial tension would go down. Overall, Gandhi fought hard to gain independence from Britain and to end racial
Mahatma Gandhi was a multi-faceted man, one whose writings spanned every subject under the sun, including: agriculture, education, science, sanitation, economics, literature, industry, women, children, health, family planning, religion, and, of course, politics. Many were surprised to learn of his prolific writing, and were astounded to hear that he had probably written more than anyone else in history (his collected works run to over 100 volumes, several hundred pages each).
Mohandas Gandhi was one of Indias most popular leaders. A Lawyer by trade, he left the law to fight personally for his peoples' rites against their British rulers. Deep comitted to nonviolence Gandhi was determined to win India's freedom by avoiding confrontation.
Since his time many leaders have been inspired by his example and anyone who tries to change the world for the better using peaceful means owes something to Gandhi.
India has not been a free independent country for a long time. It had been under British rule from 1858-1947. India finally became independent on August 15, 1947 (Trueman). Many people credit India’s independence to Mahatma Gandhi because of the great role he played in helping India in its freedom struggle. Along with Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammed Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru assisted in making India an independent country. Gandhi’s main principle in India’s freedom struggle was based on non violence, which he called satyagraha, which means holding onto the truth, truth force, or soul force (Bondurant). Along with nonviolence Gandhi believe in passive resistance and swaraj or self rule. Gandhi thought that being violent would only get a bad response from the British, however passive resistance pushed the British to do something which would make them look bad To accomplish swaraj or self rule (Bondurant), Gandhi believed India needed 3 vital ingredients. The first thing India needed was to unify Indians with different religions, especially Hindus and Muslims. Second, India needed to remove its...
and he went right on to right a letter to Bhai Ambalalji who was a mill-owner.
could neither read nor write, but was very religious and was known to go on extended