Essay Analysis on Mahatma Ghandi

             Ghandi was an Indian who wanted peace it his home country of India. He along with many other Indians were tired of being second class citizens. Since the are of imperialism the British ruled India. Ghandi fought for independence, but in a nonviolent way. IN WWI he was an ambulance driver. This show's two of the four of his principles. One is spend life in the service of other's, and battle injustice in all forms but never resort to violence. .

             Ghandi's four principles based on the 4 main religions of the world. His philosophy was based on them. The first is to live simply, never seeking materials as rewards. To do this Ghandi gave up all his possessions when he once was once a lawyer. He also lived his life in the service of others by helping India become free and an independent country.

             Be tolerant of the religious beliefs of others, that was another point of Ghandi. His four points were based on the four major beliefs in the world, that was one way that Ghandi showed this rule, another way is he was not Hindu or Muslim he was Indian. He was loved by both of the religions groups.

             Ghandi was given the name of Mahatma meaning "great soul". While Ghandi was trying to get the British out he still faced a more difficult challenge of uniting the Muslim and Hindu groups with out a separate country. This task was impossible the Hindus and Muslims got a divided country. The Muslims got Phakastan and the Hindus got India. Ghandi went on fast's many times to stop violence. Most of the time he was successful to stop the violent protests and fights.

             Ghandi was assassinated by Nathuram Godsey. Nathuram Godsey came forward as if to seek his blessings. He stood in front of Gandhi and at point-blank range fired three shots in quick succession. All the bullets hit the great leader. Gandhi fell, uttering the prayer, "Rama, Rama." Gandhi was dead. Ghandi should be known for the rest of his life because of his principles.

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