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Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi is known worldwide for his stance of non-violent political resistance. He believed in simple living, negotiation, and eventually helped head India to independence from the British Empire. His autobiography is titled 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth.' Ironically, the man who stated "an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind" was assassinated in 1948.
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Mohandas Ghandi also known as Mahatma Gandhi; a highly intelligent man and one of the most non-violent people ever. Also known as Bapu in India. He is officially honored as the 'Father of the Nation.' He led the revolt against the British using civil non-violence.
What did mahatma gandhi mean by satyagraha as active resistance?
By active resistance gandhiji ment 'War without voilence' By active resistance gandhiji ment 'War without voilence'
Where was Mohandas Gandhi for most of the time in 1893-1914?
At the age of 18 on September 4 1888, Gandhi went to University College London to train as a barrister.
He returned to India after being called to the bar of England and Wales by Inner Temple, but had limited success establishing a law practice in Bombay.
It was in this climate that (in 1893) he accepted a year-long contract from an Indian firm to a post in Natal, South Africa.
As a British-educated lawyer, Gandhi first employed his ideas of peaceful civil disobedience in the Indian community's struggle for civil rights in South Africa
What did Mohandas Gandhi when he was in South Africa?
Gandhi fought against the british using non violence, or civil disobedience, and won freedom for India. At the age 78, he was assassinated. Gandhi was like a Martin Luther King Jr. of his time
How many Christian followers are in other foreign countries?
Polls show it to be about 75% of the population, but polls are often deceptive. When asked "What religion are you", most nonreligious people will answer with the religion that was prevalent during their childhood. This gives the false impression that they are religious. A better gauge of religiosity are polls that delve into religious activity, such as church attendance, or into specific beliefs. Only about 35% of people in the US are involved in regular religious activity. In other words, 65% live secular lives, regardless of what they consider their religious affiliation.
When India gained independence from Britain what disappointed Gandhi?
He was disappointed with the decision of Partition of India because of the adamancy of Jawahar Lal Nehru to be the Prime Minister of India and Jinnah's demand for Pakistan in case he is not made the Prime Minister of Undivided India
What were Gandhi's bad decisions?
Without attempting to approach completeness, we may sum up as Gandhi's biggest political failures the following events:
(1) Recruiting Indian soldiers for the British war effort in 1914-18 without setting any conditions, in the vain hope that this unilateral gift to Britain would bring about sufficient goodwill in London for conceding to India the status of a self-ruling dominion within the British Empire, on a par with Canada or Australia. While it was already off line for a pacifist to cooperate in such a wasteful war (as contrasted with World War 2, to both sides a kind of holy war where fundamental principles were at stake), Gandhiji's stance was also a glaring failure of political skill, since he neglected to extract any tangible gains for India in return for the thousands of Indian lives which he sacrificed to British imperial interests.
(2) Committing the mobilisation potential of the freedom movement to the Khil�fat agitation in 1920-22, again a non-negotiated unilateral gift. The Khilafat movement was a tragicomical mistake, aiming at the restoration of the Ottoman Caliphate against which the Arabs had risen in revolt and which the Turks were dissolving, a process completed with the final abolition of the institution of the Caliphate in 1924. It was a purely retrograde and reactionary movement, and more importantly for Indian nationalism, it was an intrinsically anti-nationalist movement pitting specifically Islamic interests against secular and non-Muslim interests. Gandhi made the mistake of hubris by thinking he could reconcile Khilafatism and Indian nationalism, and he also offended his Muslim allies (who didn't share his commitment to non-violence) by calling off the agitation when it turned violent. The result was even more violence, with massive Hindu-Muslim riots replacing the limited instances of anti-British attacks, just as many level-headed freedom fighters had predicted. Gandhiji failed to take the Khilafat movement seriously whether at the level of principle or of practical politics, and substituted his own imagined and idealized reading of the Khilafat doctrine for reality.
(3) His autocratic decision to call off the mass agitation for complete independence in 1931, imposed upon his mass following and his close lieutenants against their wishes and better judgment, in exchange for a few puny British concessions falling far short of the movement's demands. His reputation abroad didn't suffer, but to informed observers, he had thrown away his aura as an idealist leader standing above petty politics; the Pact between Gandhi and Viceroy Lord Irwin amounted to the sacrifice of a high national goal in favour of a petty rise in status for the Congress. Also, every delay in the declaration of Independence gave the emerging separatist forces the time to organize and to strengthen their position.
(4) Taking a confused and wavering position vis-�-vis India's involvement in World War 2. His initial refusal to commit India to the war effort could have been justified on grounds of pacifist principle as well as national pride (the Viceroy had committed India without consulting the native leadership), but it was a failure because his followers weren't following. Indian recruits and business suppliers of the Army eagerly joined hands with the British rulers, thus sidelining Gandhi into political irrelevance. By contrast, the Muslim League greatly improved its bargaining positions by joining the war effort, an effect not counterbalanced by the small Hindu Mahasabha's similar strategy. The pro-Partition case which the Muslim League advocated was bolstered while Gandhi's opposition to the imminent Partition was badly weakened. Gandhi was humiliated by his impotence before the degeneration of his "Quit India" agitation into violence and by ultimately having to come around to a collaborationist position himself.
(5) Taking a confused and wavering position vis-�-vis the Partition plan, including false promises to the Hindus of the designated Pakistani areas to prevent Partition or at least to prevent their violent expulsion. He chose not to use his weapon of a fast unto death to force Mohammed Ali Jinnah into backing down from Partition, a move which cast doubt on the much-touted bravery of all his other fasts "unto death" performed to pressurize more malleable opponents. If acquiescing in the Partition could still be justified as a matter of inevitability, there was no excuse for his insistence on half measures, viz. his rejecting plans for an organized exchange of population, certainly a lesser evil when compared to the bloody religious cleansing that actually took place. Gentle surgeons make stinking wounds.
(6) Refusing to acknowledge that Pakistan had become an enemy state after its invasion of Kashmir, by undertaking a fast unto death in order to force the Indian government to pay Pakistan 55 crore rupees from the British-Indian treasury. Pakistan was entitled to this money, but given its aggression, it would have been normal to set the termination of its aggression, including the withdrawal of its invading troops, as a condition for the payment. Indeed, that would have been a sterling contribution to the cause of enduring peace, saving the lives of the many thousands who fell in subsequent decades because of the festering wound which Kashmir has remained under partial Pakistani occupation. Coming on top of Gandhi's abandonment of the Hindus trapped in Pakistan in August 1947, it was this pro-Pakistani demand, as well as his use of his choice moral weapon (left unused to save India's unity or the persecuted Hindus in Pakistan) in the service of an enemy state's treasury, that angered a few Hindu activists to the point of plotting his murder
Why do we remember mahatma gandhi?
Gandhi has become the obvious barometer for Indian greatness. We've come to know him as this frail, nobly malnourished old man with a purely moral, pious soul. He ushered in nonviolent resistance in India, for India to escape the constraints of British imperial rule. He soldiered through hunger strikes until a Hindu nationalist shot, killed, and effectively martyred him.
How did Gandhi use the tactic of a boycott to further his objectives?
Get your own salt from the ocean
Why did Mahatma fasted for 1 month?
Gandhi fasted because his followers became violent which was against everything he believed in!!
:P
How did Gandhi hope to win India's freedom?
Gandhi took civil disobedience, due process, and humanitarian steps towards the Indian Independence Movement from the British Empire. Civil disobedience included noncooperation and general strikes. Due process involved accepting jail terms through nonviolent resistance. Humanitarian steps included trying to find compromise and peaceful coexistence between India's Muslim minorities and Hindu majority.
What were the Gandhi Jinnah talks held in 1943?
On July 17, 1944, Gandhi wrote a letter to Jinnah and requested to meet him. Jinnah, with the approval of the Muslim League, agreed to meet Gandhi in Bombay. The Talks lasted from September 19, 1944 to September 24, 1944. Jinnah presented the stance of the Muslim League while Gandhi told him that he had called upon him in a personal capacity.
The stressed nutshell of the Gandhi's talk was that a separate homeland for the Muslims was "nothing but a ruin for the whole of India". Mr. Gandhi said, "If, however, Pakistan had to be conceded, the areas in which the Muslims are in an absolute majority should be demarcated by a Commission approved by both the Congress and the Muslim League. The wishes of the people of these areas will be obtained through Referendum. These areas shall form a separate state as soon as possible after India is free from foreign domination. There shall be a treaty of separation which should also provide for the efficient and satisfactory administration of foreign affairs, defense, internal communication, custom and the like which must necessarily continue to be the matters of common interest between the contracting countries".
Jinnah explained the Muslim stance that the Muslims were a nation according to any definition of nation with a distinctive outlook of life and on life and that they were a nation of 100 million. He also clarified that the separation of a Muslim state was in favor of not only Muslims but it would also benefit the rest of India. The talks ended in smoke because Jinnah did not agree with Gandhi that the whole of the power should be transferred to the Congress after attaining independence from the British Raj and then Congress would grant freedom to the Muslims.
Who was Gandhi What did he want Did he achieve it?
There was another side to Gandhi that is dismissed since it is easier to see him as a martyr. He was virulent anti-black, had a blasé disregard for women, and careful myopia around the awful treatment of the Dalits.
Why did gandhi believe all people should be treated the same?
He didn't- he just wanted Indian independence from British rule. He never advocated equality in society, or an end to the caste system, and did very little to help the plight of 'the untouchables', India's lowest social classes who remain living in poverty, earning a paltry living from overworking long hours doing dirty, dangerous jobs.
It was because of his failure to work towards an equal society that he lost the respect of Indian academic Dr. Umbedkha, who converted to Bhuddism from Hinduism due to disillusionment with Gandhi's policies, and it may also have been the reason behind Gandhi's assassination in 1948.
There are many great Indian national figures who have done far more to help the lot of their country's people than Mahatma Gandhi.
Is stealing good to help the poor?
The concept of stealing, regardless of your social status in your community, remains a malfeasance. If you are poor, then that doesn't justify stealing from others.
Which best describes Gandhi's adult opinion of child marriage?
Mohandas Gandhi spoke out against child marriage and called it a great social evil. one reason Gandhi was against it is because it robbed young girls of getting an education.
Imported cloth, he wanted people to spin their own in an effort to become less dependent on imports.
What impact of Mohandas Gandhi's belief in non-violent protest?
Gandhi introduced non violent protests to India and to the rest of the world. He gained many followers through his teachings and techniques. From that, he got lots of support in non violent protesting helping gain independence.
What is the maiden name of sonia gandhi?
Sonia Gandhis Real Name is antonia Maino. & She is christian
