Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar (In
the state of Gujarat) on the 2nd of
October, 1869. He was educated at
university College, London. After this, he
went back to India to begin his
Law profession but had no luck and moved to
South Africa. Gandhi found
that in South Africa he was considered as a second
class citizen even though
he was a well educated Lawyer. This started his first'mission'. To get India's
residing in South Africa equal rights. In this action
he discovered a
technique of resistance that is non-violent and more to the fact
of accepting
a persons violence, allowing them to so the damage they inflict on
you, and
letting them feel guilty (In a way). This for of resistance is formally
known
as Passive Resistance. The mission he was fighting for did not quite work
and
after 20 years of on-and-off imprisonment, he want back to India. At
the
time, India was under the rule of the British Empire. Gandhi devised a
form of a
political group to make a free and independent India. The forms of
activities
this group participated in were protect marches, gatherings and
this was all
done with Passive Resistance. During Gandhi's life, he was so
into this idea of
Passive Resistance, if anyone that wanted an
Independent India resorted to
violence, he would fast until the violence
stopped. he did this a number of
times and it always worked. Also if he
created notes, memos or writings about
India's home rule, the government
would throw him in jail. The great thing about
Gandhi is that he never
denied a true accusation and happily was taken of to
jail. I believe that
Gandhi once said 'It is not as if I am sentenced to prison,
just taking an
extended holiday.'. The qualities that Gandhi had were very
respectable. He
was a very well educated man, he was articulate and very true in
his words.
Everything he seemed to say was so meaningful and so to the point,
that is
very inspiring to anyone. He had a good personality and a loving husband
and
father. Also, he did not see himself as one religion, he saw himself as
a
Christian, a Hindu and a Muslim. He did not restrict himself too one
category.
Instead he stated that we all prayer to the same God and in
this, was a very
special. The Circumstances to Gandhi's was very tragic.
Whilst he was going for
his evening prayer meeting, he was assassinated by a
man by the name of Nathuram
Godse, a Hindu fanatic. Gandhi's death was
considered as an international
catastrophe in that even a period of morning
was set aside during The United
Nations General Assembly. People believed
and still believe in the concept of
Passive Resistance environmental
protest. but even more famous, Martin Luther
King Jr. used the concept of
Passive Resistance was used in the liberation of
black people from the strong
hold of Segregation (The separation of Blacks and
Whites). This was
effective in Mr. King campaign also. So I strongly believe
that people can
learn a lot from Gandhi and Mr. King. In that Passive Resistance
creates a
non-violent way of getting what is rightfully yours.