Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar (In the state of Gujarat) on the 2nd of October, 1869. He was educated at university College, London. After this, he went back to India to begin his Law profession but had no luck and moved to South Africa. Gandhi found that in South Africa he was considered as a second class citizen even though he was a well educated Lawyer. This started his first 'mission'. To get India's residing in South Africa equal rights. In this action he discovered a technique of resistance that is non-violent and more to the fact of accepting a persons violence, allowing them to so the damage they inflict on you, and letting them feel guilty (In a way). This for of resistance is formally known as Passive Resistance. The mission he was fighting for did not quite work and after 20 year
The qualities that Gandhi had were very respectable. He was a very well educated man, he was articulate and very true in his words. Everything he seemed to say was so meaningful and so to the point, that is very inspiring to anyone. He had a good personality and a loving husband and father. Also, he did not see himself as one religion, he saw himself as a Christian, a Hindu and a Muslim. He did not restrict himself too one category. Instead he stated that we all prayer to the same God and in this, was a very special.
The Circumstances to Gandhi's was very tragic. Whilst he was going for his evening prayer meeting, he was assassinated by a man by the name of Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic. Gandhi's death was considered as an international catastrophe in that even a period of morning was set aside
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