Detail on mahatma gandhi ji
- 2. Introduction • Mahatma Gandhi, byname of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town in present day Gujrat, India . His father, Karamchand Gandhi ( 1822- 1885), who belonged to Hindu Modh community, was the diwan (prime minister) of Porbandar state, a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.
- 3. Education • Gandhi ji received primary education in the city Porbandar. • Gandhi joined Alfred High School in the city at the age of 11. He was noted to be good at English, fair in arithmetic, weak in geography, good in conduct and bad in handwriting. He completed his schooling in Ahmedabad in 1887. • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 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 in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- 4. Principles, practices and beliefs Gandhi's statements, letters and life have attracted much political and scholarly analysis of his principles, practices and beliefs, including what influenced him. Some writers present him as a paragon of ethical living and pacifism, while others present him as a more complex, contradictory and evolving character influenced by his culture and circumstances
- 5. Contribution • Mahatma Gandhi was the best political dissident of India at any point conceived. • His Strategy of peacefulness made him a moment hit among the Indian masses. • The strategy of peacefulness gave individuals an approach to battle for opportunity without being dependent upon savagery. • His contribution to Indian freedom movements and his championship of non-violence earned him the title of “Father of the Nation” or “Bapu”. During the Indian freedom struggle, Gandhi advocated many peaceful protests and demonstrations. These protests were conducted with the principle of non- violence (ahimsa).
- 6. Funeral ceremony Mahatma Gandhi Ji died on 30 January 1948
- 7. Inspirational quotes “ Life as if you were to die tomorrow . Learn as if you were to live forever.
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