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5 days ago · Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence, Resistance, India: Gandhi was not the man to nurse a grudge. On the outbreak of the South African (Boer) War in 1899, he argued that the Indians, who claimed the full rights of citizenship in the British crown colony of Natal, were in duty bound to defend it. He raised an ambulance corps of 1,100 volunteers, out of whom 300 were free Indians and the rest ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
October 2, 1869. Mahatma Gandhi GL Archive/Alamy. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Porbandar, in western India. His father is the dewan (chief minister) of the city of Porbandar and an able administrator. His mother is completely absorbed in religion. Mohandas grows up in a home steeped in Vaishnavism —worship of the Hindu god Vishnu ...
Mahatma Gandhi Biography. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a Hindu thinker, lawyer, and politician, born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. He was called against his will by the poet Rabindranath Tagore, “Mahatma” which means Great Soul. Gandhi led India to independence from the British Raj without using ...
Mahatma Gandhi oli naimisissa Kasturban (o.s. Kapadia, 1869–1944) kanssa vuosina 1883–1944 tämän kuolemaan asti. Kasturbai kiinnostui politiikasta ja yhteiskunnallisesta vaikuttamisesta asuessaan Mohandasin kanssa Etelä-Afrikassa ja auttoi miestään tämän kansalaisoikeus- ja itsenäisyysliiketoiminnassa.
Životopis. Indijski vođa nacije koji se izborio za nezavisnost Indije putem nenasilne revolucije. Gandhi, znan i kao Mahatma Gandhi, rođen je u hinduskoj obitelji u mjestu Porbandar u današnjoj državi Gujarat dana 2. listopada 1869. godine. Studirao je pravo na sveučilištu u Londonu. Nakon što je 1891. godine završio studij prava (1889 ...
Oct 2, 2019 · Mahatma Gandhi set about tackling segregation and founded the Indian Congress in the Natal region of South Africa. This was also the point at which he began dressing in the traditional white Indian dhoti, which became his trademark attire. His first target was the £3 ($3.69) tax on people of Indian origin.
