Inspiration of Gandhi's Life of Consequence

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent”. Karamchand Gandhi lived through October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948. When Gandhi was young, “Mohandas Gandhi was shy, soft-spoken, and only a mediocre student at school.” He got an arranged marriage at age 13 to Kasturba and had four sons. Gandhi’s wife, Kasturba, supported him until her death in 1944 (Rosenberg Para 2). Gandhi is considered the national father of India, also known as “bapu”. He spent 20 years in South Africa fighting for the rights of Indians. He always lived a simplistic lifestyle, and dressed culturally (Para 1). Gandhi’s independence struggle for India, his teachings of nonviolence and “Satyagraha” (truth), and the good deeds of him made him a Mahatma (great soul), which shows that Mohandas .K. Gandhi lived a life of consequence.
Mohandas K. Gandhi was an independent leader for India. In 1932, the British separated the "untouchables" from the upper class Hindus, which was similar to an earlier incident with the Muslims. By seeing this segregation Gandhi fought and sacrificed his life by fasting (“Mahatma Gandhi” Para 22). Gandhi gave rights to the untouchables by giving them the name of “harijans”. He stood against the British because of the separated electorates (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” Para 17). He fought against the British for the salt march. In 1930 the British put tax on the salt used by Indians. Gandhi and thousand other marchers walked 241 miles to the sea where Gandhi picked up the salt in his hands and broke the unfair rule of tax on salt (Para 15). After the salt march, Gandhi decided to fast and received an image as a holy man (Rosenberg Para 37). Gandhi had done many works that showed his spirit for ...

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...o his teachings, and his good deeds for people made him a mahatma. All of the good deeds and inspiration of Gandhi shows that Gandhi lived a life of consequence. Gandhi’s most important movement was fighting for independence for the untouchables, and against the British (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” Para 17). Gandhi’s biggest protest was the salt march (Para 17). Throughout the independence movement Gandhi fought by nonviolence and truth (“Mahatma Gandhi” Para 12). The good deeds of Gandhi made him a mahatma (“Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi” Para 9). Gandhi inspired many leaders such as martin Luther king, Jr. by the concept of non-violence (Rosenberg Para 1). Gandhi had done many good things throughout his life that still inspire people today. All of the aspects done by Gandhi made him a great soul or a hero, which shows that Mahatma Gandhi lived a life of consequence.