Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a renowned freedom activist and a powerful political leader. He played an important role in India&#;s struggle for Independence against the British rule of India through non-violent means which ultimately led to Indian independence. He was also known as Father of India, Bapu (endearment for father), and Mahatma (Great Soul). He also improved the lives of India&#;s poor people and depressed classes. His ideology of truth and non-violence influenced many including Martin Luther and Nelson Mandela. His professions include lawyer (studied law at London, ), politician, activist, and writer.
Early Life of Mahatma Gandhi:
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born October 2, , in Porbandar, India, to Karamchand Gandhi and Putlibai. At age 13, he married Kasturba Kapadia as part of an arranged marriage. She bore four sons and supported Gandhi&#;s endeavors until her death.
In September at age 18, Gandhi left India alone to study law in London. Gandhi also adopted vegetarianism and joined the London Vegetarian Society, whose intellectual crowd introduced Gandhi to authors Henry David Thoreau and Leo Tolstoy. He was also deeply influenced by the stori
ARTICLES : Peace, Nonviolence, Conflict Resolution
Gandhi's Philosophy of Nonviolence
With Gandhi, the notion of nonviolence attained a special status. He not only theorized on it, he adopted nonviolence as a philosophy and an ideal way of life. He made us understand that the philosophy of nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak; it is a weapon, which can be tried by all.
Nonviolence was not Gandhi's invention. He is however called the father of nonviolence because according to Mark Shepard, "He raised nonviolent action to a level never before achieved."1 Krishna Kripalani again asserts "Gandhi was the first in Human history to extend the principle of nonviolence from the individual to social and political plane."2 While scholars were talking about an idea without a name or a movement, Gandhi is the person who came up with the name and brought together different related ideas under one concept: Satyagraha.
Gandhi's View of Violence / Nonviolence
Gandhi saw violence pejoratively and also identified two formsof violence; Passive and Physical, as we saw earlier. The practice of passive violence is a daily affair, consciously and unconsciously. It is again the fuel that ig
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‘மகாத்மா காந்தி’ என்று அன்புடன் அழைக்கப்படும் “மோகன்தாஸ் கரம்சந்த் காந்தி” இந்திய விடுதலைப் போராட்டத்தைத் தலைமையேற்று நடத்திய மாபெரும் சுதந்திரப் போராட்ட வீரர் ஆவார். ‘சத்தியாகிரகம்’ என்றழைக்கப்பட்ட இவரது அறவழி போராட்டம் இந்திய மக்களிடையே விழிப்புணர்வை ஏற்படுத்தியது மட்டுமல்லாமல், இந்திய நாடு விடுதலைப் பெறவும் முக்கியக் காரணமாகவும் அமைந்தது. இதனால், இவர் “விடுதலைப் பெற்ற இந்தியாவின் தந்தை” என இந்திய மக்களால் போற்றப்பட்டார். “அகிம்சை” என்னும் வன்முறையற்ற மாபெரும் மந்திரத்தை உலகத்திற்கு வித்திட்ட உன்னத மனிதர். இந்தியாவின் விடுதலைக்காக ஆங்கிலேயரை எதிர்த்து அறவழியில் போராட்டம் நடத்தி, விடுதலைக்குக் காரணமாக இருந்ததால், இவருடைய தியாகத்தை நினைவுகூறும் வகையில் ஒவ்வொரு வருடமும் இவருடைய பிறந்தநாளான அக்டோபர் 02 ஆம் தேதியை “காந்தி ஜெயந்தியாக” உலகம் முழுவதும் கொண்டாடுகிறோம். தன்னுடைய வாழ்நாள் முழுவதையும் பாரத நாட்டிற்காகவே அர்பணித்த மாபெரும் மனிதர் மகாத்மா காந்தியின் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு மற்றும் தியாகங்களை விரிவாகக் காண்போம்.
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பணி: இந்திய விடுதலைப் போராட்ட வீரர், அரசியல் தலைவர்
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மோகன்தாஸ் கரம்சந்த் காந்தி அவர்கள், ஆம் ஆண்டு அக்டோபர்
Mahatma Gandhi was a prominent Indian political leader who was a leading figure in the campaign for Indian independence. He employed non-violent principles and peaceful disobedience as a means to achieve his goal. He was assassinated in , shortly after achieving his life goal of Indian independence. In India, he is known as &#;Father of the Nation&#;.
&#;When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always.&#;
– Gandhi
Short Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in , in Porbandar, India. Mohandas was from the social cast of tradesmen. His mother was illiterate, but her common sense and religious devotion had a lasting impact on Gandhi&#;s character. As a youngster, Mohandas was a good student, but the shy young boy displayed no signs of leadership. On the death of his father, Mohandas travelled to England to gain a degree in law. He became involved with the Vegetarian Society and was once asked to translate the Hindu Bhagavad Gita. This classic of Hindu literature awakened in Gan
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