20 bad habits of gandhi ji
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1869, Porbandar, India.
Gandhi is considered the “Father of the Nation” for being a mobilising force behind Indian independence.
Gandhi was an advocate of non-violence and truthfulness and often led campaigns of boycott against the British Empire.
In 1930, he was the Time Magazine, Person of the year.
When Gandhi left South Africa in 1914, the South African leader Jan Smuts wrote to a friend “The saint has left our shores,… I hope forever.”
Gandhi was never a man to hold a grudge. While in jail in South Africa he prepared a pair of sandals for Jan Smut to prove there was no ill-feeling. Smuts, in turn, admired his political adversary, Gandhi.
During the First World War, Gandhi lived in India and was generally supportive of the British war effort, and even encouraged soldiers to join the British Indian army.
Leader of Indian independence
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Gandhi spinning
1919 was a turning point for Gandhi; the government passed a new law which said those accused of sedition could be imprisoned without trial, also the Amritsar Massacre where 400 protesting Indians were killed. It was in 1919 that Gandhi turned against acquiescence to the British Empire and he began to lead non-violent protests.
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Gandhi on the Salt March
In Feb 1922, Gandhi electrified the country by transforming the Indian National Congress into a mass membership and leading boycotts of British goods and institutions. Thousands of Indians across the country followed Gandhi, and many ended in jail.
Gandhi’s most famous campaign was the Salt march of 1930. Gandhi walked to the ocean to make his own salt – thereby non-violently oppose the British law which forbade the Indians from making their own salt.
“With this I’m shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” – Gandhi – after holding up a cup of salt
Gandhi campaigned vigorously for the rights of the untouchable caste or Dalit caste. He once remarked that if he was to be reborn, he would like to be reborn amongst the untouchable cast.
“I do not want to be reborn, but if I have to be reborn I should be reborn an untouchable so that I may share their sorrows, sufferings, and the affronts levelled against them in order that I may endeavour to free myself and them from their miserable condition.” – Gandhi
After returning from Africa to India. Gandhi opened an ashram, which was supported by rich businessmen. However, when Gandhi allowed an untouchable into his ashram, the businessmen, who were orthodox Hindus, stopped giving money – causing the ashram financial difficulties. However, one businessman started giving money to Gandhi on the condition of anonymity.
In 1931, Gandhi was the sole Indian representative to the Second Round Table Conference talksin England on the future of India.Mahatma_Gandhi_with_women_textile_workers_at_Darwen,_Lancashire
On his visit, Gandhi met with mill workers in Darwen, Lancashire and workers in the East End.
In 1931, Gandhi was given an audience with King George V. An apocryphal account says Mahatma Gandhi was asked “what he thought of Western civilization?” he replied that “he thought it might be a good idea.
In 1934, Gandhi resigned from the National Congress believing leaders were insincere in their adoption of non-violence. Gandhi concentrated on promoting education, home-spinning and weaving.
In April 1942, an early Indian independence leader Sri Aurobindo urged Mahatma Gandhi to accept the proposals of Sir Stafford Cripps which gave India dominion status as a way to secure a united independent India. Gandhi refused the Cripps proposals.
On 8 August 1942, Gandhi began a “Quit India Movement”. His speech urged Indians to ‘do or die.’
“We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of slavery.” – Gandhi, 1942.