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Gandhi is the family name of a number of prominent 20th century Indian politicians and leaders.
Rajmohan Gandhi, a biographer and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Priyanka Vadra (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
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 Mohandas Gandhi - Wikipedia
Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Gujarat, India.
Gandhi drew inspiration from the writings of Leo Tolstoy, who in the 1880s had undergone a profound conversion to a personal form of Christian anarchism.
Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindu" which was written in 1908 in response to aggressive Indian nationalists, and the two corresponded until Tolstoy's death in 1910.
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 A Journey To The Truth
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot, barely passing the matriculation exam for the University of Bombay in 1887, and joining Samaldas College.
Gandhi felt that one should be aware of worshiping the symbols and idols of the religion and not its teachings, such as worshipping the crucifix whilst ignoring its significance as a symbol for self-sacrifice, for example.
Gandhi maintained this was because of the sin committed by upper caste Hindus by not letting untouchables in their temples (Gandhi was committed to the cause of improving the fate of untouchables, referring to them as Harijans, people of Krishna).
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 Mahatma Gandhi Online Research :: Information about Mahatma Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot, barely passing the matriculation exam for the University of Bombay in 1887, and joining Samaldas College, Bhavnagar.
Gandhi's first major achievements came in 1918 with the Champaran agitation and Kheda Satyagraha, although in the latter he was involved at par with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who acted as his right-hand and leader of the rebels.
Gandhi advised the Congress to reject the proposals of the British Cabinet Mission Plan offered in 1946, as he was deeply suspicious of power-sharing with the Muslim League and the divisions and minimization of central power involved.
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Gandhi was also inspired by the American writer Henry David Thoreau's famous essay on “Civil Disobedience." Gandhi's years in South Africa were his formative years as a socio-political activist, when the concepts and techniques of civil disobedience and non-violent resistance were developed.
Gandhi called for a satyagraha that soon led to violent outbreaks across the country, most notably the massacre of 400 Indians by the British army in the town of Amritsar, and martial law.
Gandhi and his followers adopted the practice of weaving their own clothes with a spinning wheel and encouraged others to do so.
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 Mahatma Gandhi - Psychology Central
Gandhi was a student of Hindu philosophy and lived simply, organizing an ashram that was self-sufficient in its needs.
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot.
Gandhi found that uncovering the truth was not always popular as many people were resistant to change, preferring instead to maintain the existing status quo because of either inertia, self-interest or misguided beliefs.
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 All words on Gandhi
It may also be used to refer to the Gandhi family, descendants of India's first prime minister (1947–1964), Jawaharlal Nehru, who subsequently became a major force in Indian politics.
This family is not related to Mohandas Gandhi; the last name Gandhi was obtained by Indira Nehru after she married Feroze Gandhi.
Priyanka Gandhi (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
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 Mahatma Gandhi - Universipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Gandhi's principle of satyagraha (from Sanskrit; satya for truth and agraha for endeavor), often translated as "way of truth" or "pursuit of truth", has inspired other freedom activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gandhi believed that at the core of every religion was Truth and Love (compassion, nonviolence and the Golden Rule).
Numerous historians and commentators have criticized Gandhi for his attitudes towards Hitler and Nazism, including statements to the effect that the Jews would win a moral victory by permitting themselves to be exterminated.
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Gandhi is the family name of a number of prominent Indian politicians and leaders.
It is most commonly used to refer to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948), one of the leaders of India's independence movement.
It may also be used to refer to the Gandhi family, descendants of India prime minister (1947-1967), Jawaharlal Nehru Feroze Gandhi.
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