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what were some of the methods that Gandhi used to fight injustice and racism?
Gandhi devoted himself to the "constructive programme" — social work aimed at uplift of the poor and building Muslim-Hindu unity. Following the Simon Commission (1927 – 30) and the Nehru Report (1928), he launched the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930 – 3) which began with the famous Dandi Marcha and the Salt satyagraha. This movement was suspended for a while as Gandhi participated in the Round Table Conference (1931) in London. During his visit to London he stayed with the poor in the East End. But as the conference failed to produce an outcome satisfactory to Congress, the agitation was resumed upon return to India. The failure of the Round Table Conference led to the announcement of the Communal Award (1932) by the British government which gave communal representation, including untouchable Hindus, in provincial legislatures. This award led Gandhi to undertake a fast that led to the Poona Pact (1932) by which untouchable leaders renounced separate representation for remaining within the Hindu fold.
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I'm doing a research essay on Mohandas Gandhi, and I have to explain why Gandhi may be considered to be an influential person in the twenty-first century. All my friends are writing about Winston Churchill or Rosa Parks -- people who actually accomplished/passed legislations and such; But when it comes to Gandhi, I know he accomplished a lot for his people, but there aren't any good examples I can find of people using his philosophy of non-violence or civil disobedience.
Can someone help me with how to write this essay?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar in Gujarat. After university, he went to London to train as a barrister. He returned to India in 1891 and in 1893 accepted a job at an Indian law firm in Durban, South Africa.
Gandhi was appalled by the treatment of Indian immigrants there, and joined the struggle to obtain basic rights for them.
During his 20 years in South Africa he was sent to prison many times. Influenced primarily by Hinduism, but also by elements of Jainism and Christianity as well as writers including Tolstoy and Thoreau, Gandhi developed the satyagraha ('devotion to truth'), a new non-violent way to redress wrongs. In 1914, the South African government conceded to many of Gandhi's demands.
I am looking for ideas here...For instance, how will Gandhi react to Obama's administration? Or Education system of US? Any interesting ideas? How can i apply his ideas to some contemporary issues?
Gandhi believed the world should surrender to Hitler, because that would have been the "good pacifist" thing to do.
If you want to follow Gandhi, go to Gaza, tell them you're Jewish, they will cut off your head and send a video to your mom, and you will have done your "pacifist" duty.
What is Gandhi’s opinion about people who are richer than the others? He was born in wealthy family therefore he and poor people unequal from the second was born.
I think it is what you do with the money that would make the difference in the worth you have.
How did Gandhi’s experiences in South Africa prepare him for the Indian struggle?
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People sometimes forget that not only blacks were oppressed in South Africa. Indians were classed as "colored" and were treated as second-class citizens. Gandhi led the opposition to this discrimination, and learned much of his organizational and public-speaking skills there.