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Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi was born on October. 2, 1869. He was born
in Porbandar in the present state of Gujarat. Mohandas Gandhi
was one of the greatest nationalist leader of the 20th century.
In fact, he was so great, Indians thought he was a Saint.
Gandhi
became the international symbol of a free India. He lived
a spiritual and holy life of prayer, fasting, and meditation.
Gandhi
was modern India's spiritual and political leader. A shy gentle
frail man Gandhi tried to teach his people to avoid violence
and to struggle for independence by peaceful means.
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I
have nothing new to
teach the world,
Truth and non-violence
are as old as the hills. |
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During
World War one, he helped the British. Then after the war ended
in 1918, he began a movement of non-violent resistance, to British
rule to win self rule for India. |
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Gandhi
was a leader because he helped India through all of their
problems. He gave India their right to be free. One of the
reasons he was great because he solved problems in a peaceful
way.
Returning
to India in January 1915, Gandhi soon became involved in labour
organizing. The massacre of Amritsar, 1919, in which troops
fired on a killed hundreds of nationalists demonstrators,
turned him to the direct political protest.
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On
January 30 1948, as he walked to his evening prayers Gandhi
was shot and killed by a Hindu fanatic opposed to portion.
Gandhi died with freedom, peace and love within his heart.
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