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Mahatma Gandhi ( Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી), född 2 oktober 1869 i Porbandar i Gujarat i Brittiska Indien, död (mördad) 30 januari 1948 i New Delhi i Republiken Indien, var en indisk advokat, politiker och andlig ledare. Han var en förgrundsfigur i Indiens ...
Sep 29, 2019 · Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial rule in 1947. He was assassinated months later at age 78. Gandhi is ...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti ), a large mansion in central New Delhi. His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindutva activist, [1] a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization ...
Mahatma Gandhi in 1931. James A. Mills—AP/Shutterstock.com. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the greatest national and civil rights leaders of the 20th century. He served as a lawyer, politician, and activist in the struggle for social justice and for India’s independence from British rule. Gandhi is internationally esteemed for his doctrine of ...
Dec 1, 1999 · Mahatma Gandhi, the missing laureate. by Øyvind Tønnesson, Nobelprize.org Peace Editor, 1998-2000. Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Mahatma Gandhi oli naimisissa Kasturban (o.s. Kapadia, 1869–1944) kanssa vuosina 1883–1944 tämän kuolemaan asti. Kasturbai kiinnostui politiikasta ja yhteiskunnallisesta vaikuttamisesta asuessaan Mohandasin kanssa Etelä-Afrikassa ja auttoi miestään tämän kansalaisoikeus- ja itsenäisyysliiketoiminnassa.
Jun 22, 2024 · Mahatma Gandhi - Nonviolence, Resistance, India: Gandhi was not the man to nurse a grudge. On the outbreak of the South African (Boer) War in 1899, he argued that the Indians, who claimed the full rights of citizenship in the British crown colony of Natal, were in duty bound to defend it. He raised an ambulance corps of 1,100 volunteers, out of whom 300 were free Indians and the rest ...
