GANDHI. RESIST NOT EVIL Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, an Indian seaside-town north of Bombay.
In 1888 he came to Britain to study law. Here he read some of the Bible for the first time and was particularly impressed by the Sermon on the Mount with its advice to "resist not evil". He returned to India in 1891 to work as a lawyer but he was unsuccessful because he was shy, yet unwilling to be pushed about. So in 1893 he took a job in South Africa, representing the interests of Indian merchants. Shortly after reaching South Africa, he experienced its racial prejudice when he was ejected from a first-class railway compartment because a white man objected to him being there, even though Gandhi had a first-class ticket. Gandhi joined with his fellow-Indians in working for their rights, and it was in this struggle that he developed the nonviolent techniques he was to use later in India.
Interesting People - Mohandas Gandhi. Interesting People MOHANDAS GANDHI Interesting People Home Page People in Harley Hahn's Internet Yellow Pages Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was the most important Indian political and spiritual leader of the 20th century.
Gandhi's influence was so great that his methods were later adopted by many political activists around the world, including American civil rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi was born into a middle-class Hindu family, in the city of Porbander, a small town on the western coast of India. In 1888, at the age of 19, Gandhi traveled to England to study law. Around 1905, Gandhi gave up Western ways and, for the rest of his life, followed the traditional Hindu precepts of austerity and self-denial. In 1915, at the age of 46, Gandhi returned to India, where he spent a year traveling widely and then the next few years, helping to settle many local disputes. After World War II, Gandhi was involved in the deliberations that led to India's independence. Biography of Gandhi. Biography of M.K.
Gandhi A Child Groom The word Mahatma means great soul. This name was not given Gandhi at birth by his parents, but many years later by the Indian people when they discovered they had a Mahatma in their midst. Mahatama Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi What makes Mahatama Gandhi an important man is the fact that he brought about the independence of India through a non-violent resistance movement. Many leaders have learned of the benefits of his methods and have used them in their political struggles.
For example, Martin Luther King was inspired by Gandhi to lead non-violent protests, in America, against discrimination. Gandhi also spent most of his older years writing to leaders of other nations to stop their violent ways of conflict. Adolf Hitler was one of the leaders he wrote. The following is a quote from Gandhi that describes his view on non-violent resistance : "A non-violent revolution is not a program of 'seizure of power', but it is a program of transformation of relationships.
" M.K. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). Mahatma Gandhi Foundation. Mahatma Gandhi Album. created by : Mestire Solomon. Biography : Quit India. Mahatma Gandhi Biography. Early Life Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India, which was then part of the British Empire.
His father, Karamchand Gandhi, served as a chief minister in Porbandar and other states in western India. His mother, Putlibai, was a deeply religious woman who fasted regularly. Gandhi grew up worshiping the Hindu god Vishnu and following Jainism, a morally rigorous ancient Indian religion that espoused non-violence, fasting, meditation and vegetarianism. Young Gandhi was a shy, unremarkable student who was so timid that he slept with the lights on even as a teenager. In 1885, Gandhi endured the passing of his father and shortly after that the death of his young baby. Upon returning to India in 1891, Gandhi learned that his mother had died just weeks earlier.
Spiritual and Political Leader Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in 1894 to fight discrimination. The Salt March.