. Why does Kalam connect Gandhi and Ashoka
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Ashoka and Gandhiji a both believed in Ahimsa (non-violence) Dharma. One particular incident in their lives changed history
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- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in his speech 2nd Convocation of Fakir Mohan University, Balasora, Orissa in 27 December 2005 had spoken about Ashoka and Gandhiji and the he birth of Ahimsa Dharma. He stated that both Ashoka and Gandhiji followed ahimsa (non-violence) after a certain incident in their respective lives.
- After the Kalinga War, King Ashoka was deeply anguished of the killing, death and expulsion which resulted in the conquest of an unconquered land. Ashoka then relinquished the military conquest and other forms of violence, including the barbaric treatment of animals. He was a Buddhism patron and encouraged the growth of the teaching in India.
- Similarly, the Ahimsa Dharma was used in South Africa by Mahatma Gandhiji. The South African people remember Mahatma Gandhi's brave action, and they are collectively grateful. Apartheid was in reality an experience for Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa at the time and it was its first anti-apartheid in South Africa.
- According to Dr.Kalam the youth of our nation must get inspired, how our nation was enriched with the new philosophy of peace by these 2 great souls: Emperor Asokha and Mahatma Gandhiji.
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