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    essential of Gandhi is anthology of his life. It is separated into two parts. One as Gandhi the man and the other as the Mahatma meaning Great Soul. I was very much well interested in the readings of The Essential Gandhi. What I was most interested in was that he spoke with so much determination and compassion. His firm belief in nonviolence was presented very strongly. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Gandhi believed

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    January 30, 1948. The light he was referring to was Mohandas Gandhi and the darkness was caused by his assassination. Mohandas K. Gandhi by Charles Shields and Gandhi by Catherine Clement were the books I referenced. Gandhi was an Indian who dedicated his entire life to gaining independence for India without the use of any violence. He also believed in equality for all, no matter their religion or race. Throughout his entire life, Gandhi has demonstrated that he possessed many admirable qualities

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    Gandhi once said, “In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.” Through this appealing and amusing topic of Satyagraha, Gandhi and his followers went through a lot of highs and lows. Gandhi pronounced, “Sacrifice is the law of life. It runs through and governs every walk of life.”. The Importance of understanding Satyagraha implies on many levels of intuitively thoughts. Many people may not consider that Satyagraha was not only created to help the causes that Gandhi ran. But the term “Satyagraha”

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    Krupnik Comparative World Religions May 6, 2016 Research Paper: Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Ghandi, better known to the world as Mahatma Gandhi is one of the world’s main faces when we think or talk of the Indian independence movements, women’s rights and all around freedom for humanity. This individual used strategies and tactics of his own to achieve justice for the Indian culture while he was alive. Gandhi also worked to reform traditional Indian society in India as he was a mahatma

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    Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being". The book The Essential Gandhi expresses Gandhi’s views on issues like untouchability, religion, nationality, his movements like civil-disobedience are deeply shown in this book. Readers can learn about Gandhi’s childhood, his early married life, his realization and transition in South Africa, and his ways of approach towards attaining Independence

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    very effective. One of these leaders was Gandhi. Gandhi was a leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule by using nonviolent civil disobedience. Another example was Julius Caesar who was a leader in the Roman Republic and transformed the republic into an empire. However, Caesar lacked attributes that Gandhi has that could have made him a more effective leader. Although seen as a person who restrained Britain from growing, Mohandas Gandhi was an effective leader because of his humility

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    Indira Gandhi Analysis

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    Rough draft This is a document explaining why indira gandhi was a good prime minister and why her assassination was unjust. Indira gandhi was the first woman leader of india and came to be the prime minister and a very successful leader. she lead india in a way that many of india’s citizens would only dream of she was very brave and did some things very little have achieved like settling disputes between certain government parties. As well as she helped with the countries famine and food shortages

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    Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma gandhi full name was “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.” Mahatma gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat. In India mahatma gandhi short name was gandhiji. And Mahatma Gandhi is called as Mahatma because of his great works and greatness all through the life. He was a great freedom fighter and non-violent activist who always followed non-violence all though his life while leading India for the independence from

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), as a famous heroic figure in Indian history, has made countless contributions to Indian nation and society. He was one of the greatest political leaders, and the leader of the Indian Independence Movement during the British Raj. People are also knowledge him as the “Father of the Indian Nation” and “Mahatma Gandhi”, which means high souled and venerable in Sanskrit. Gandhi has published a lot of powerful speeches, such as “Great Trial

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    October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into a religious Hindu family. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, already had previous sons and daughters from his four other wives, with Gandhi marking his last son. As a child, Gandhi showed great interests towards family devotion and sacrifices. He would often slip away from his overly crowded house and into shops on the street. Because of Hindu law, Gandhi was wed to Kasturbai Makanji at age 13-14. Eventually, as Gandhi became older and more mature,

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