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What was unique about Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi is considered unique because of his insistence on nonviolent resistance to injustice, which, in his case included both his own personal trials and tribulations as a person of color in South Africa and, later, as a leader of India’s independence movement.
What did you find most interesting about Mahatma Gandhi?
Gandhi forged India’s independence from British rule in 1947 by staging massive peaceful demonstrations against poverty and the fight for women’s rights and religious tolerance. Despite his death, Gandhi has become immortalized in our psyche as a hero of human rights and synonymous with the act of peaceful protest.
What was Gandhi’s lifestyle?
Wearing a simple loincloth and shawl, Gandhi lived an austere life devoted to prayer, fasting and meditation. He became known as “Mahatma,” which means “great soul.”
What important events happened in Gandhi’s life?
1891-1893: ·Gandhi fails as a lawyer in India. April 1893: ·Gandhi accepts commission to spend a year in South Africa advising on a lawsuit. Spring 1894: ·Gandhi elects to stay on South Africa, and founds the Natal Indian Congress. Spring 1896: ·Gandhi returns to India to collect his wife and children.
How did Gandhi live a simple life?
Gandhi promoted simple living, non-violence, and forgiveness as a way to unite all people peacefully. These principles helped him to liberate his people and to teach them a lesson that all can learn. Much of Gandhi’s philosophy is rooted in what he learned as a child. From his mother, he learned Hindu teachings.
Why did Gandhi change his lifestyle?
His family (mostly his father) guided him to enter the legal profession. At 18 years old, he went to London to study Law. He dressed in Western clothing but struggled to transition to the culture. However, he did connect with others in the vegetarian movement and became more committed to a meatless diet.
What were the turning points in Gandhi’s life?
Champaran episode was a turning point in Gandhi’s life. He declared that Britishers could not order him about in his own country. In whatever he did, he tried to mould a new free Indian who could stand on his own feet and thus make India free.
Who is Gandhi’s father?
Karamchand Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi/Fathers
His father, Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), served as the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar state. Although he only had an elementary education and had previously been a clerk in the state administration, Karamchand proved a capable chief minister. During his tenure, Karamchand married four times.
What is Gandhiji Favourite song?
Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite bhajan, ‘Vaishnav jan to’, played in all his prayer meetings, was written by Narsinh Mehta, a poet-philosopher who too hailed from Gujarat and lived 400 years before Gandhi was born.