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  Mohandas Gandhi Biography
Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindu" [1] (http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_a_Hindu_-_Leo_Tolstoy) which was written in 1908 in response to aggressive Indian nationalists, and the two corresponded until Tolstoy's death in 1910.
Gandhi gave up sexual intercourse at the age of 36 and became totally celibate while still married, a course deeply influenced by the Hindu idea of brahmacharya, or spiritual and practical purity, largely associated with celibacy.
Gandhi was against conventional education as taught in schools and believed that children learn best from parents and from the society.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Gandhi_Mohandas.html   (1350 words)

  
 M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence :: LibraryItem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Kasturba thought she knew what Gandhi was leading to by creating the ashram but this was a dimension she had not considered.
Gandhi had deliberately not permitted toilets in private homes, so that everyone had to use the row of public toilets at one end of the ashram.
Gandhi’s reasoning was that cleaning public toilets was the contentious issue on which the caste oppression was based.
www.gandhiinstitute.org /Library/LibraryItem.cfm?LibraryID=755   (2283 words)

  
 Photo Gallery
Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, which is in the west.
This photograph depicts Gandhi holding a lump of "forbidden salt." This is due to the British law forbidding salt extraction from the ocean by the citizens of India.
Gandhi appoints himself representative of the untouchables and the peasants.
rena.wao.com /gandhi/gallery.html   (544 words)

  
 Famous People - celebrity and historical
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 led organized protests and strike against the landlords, who with the guidance of the British government, signed an agreement granting more compensation and control over farming for the poor farmers of the region, and cancellation of revenue hikes and collection until the famine ended.
www.famouspeople.com /famous_biographies/mahatma_gandhi.htm   (4951 words)

  
 Articles - Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot, and barely passed the matriculation exam for the University of Bombay in 1887, joining Samaldas College.
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's philosophy and his ideas of satya and ahimsa were influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and Hindu beliefs, the Jain religion and the pacifist Christian teachings of Leo Tolstoy.
www.haabaa.com /articles/mahatma-gandhi.php   (3412 words)

  
 Manas: History and Politics, Kasturba Gandhi
When Gandhi left for London in 1888, she did not accompany him: she was already a mother, since Harilal had been born earlier that year.
Gandhi himself wrote that Kasturba eagerly assented to his decision to take a vow, but we do not have this from her own mouth, and some modern feminist readings have taken this an instance of Gandhi's overbearing attitudes.
Gandhi, on the other hand, took the view that as his sons, they were entitled to no special privileges.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Gandhi/Kasturba.html   (532 words)

  
 Gandhi's Community Living
This was unusual, so Gandhi stopped to ask: "What are you cooking?" "Ramdas," she explained, referring to their married son, "is going home to his family this afternoon and I thought I would make some sweets." "Do you make sweets for all those who visit the ashram and then leave?" Gandhi asked.
Kasturba knew why Gandhi had created the ashram but this was a dimension she had not considered.
Gandhi expected the workers to go out and mould future communities on the concept of oneness-the ability to see ourselves in others and others in ourselves.
www.lifepositive.com /Spirit/masters/mahatma-gandhi/community.asp   (1241 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi famously led Indians in the disobedience of the salt tax through the 400 kilometre (248 miles) Dandi March in 1930, and in an open call for the British to Quit India in 1942.
Gandhi is honoured as the Father of the Nation in India and his birthday on October 2 is annually commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday.
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot.
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 Mahatma Gandhi Research & Media Service - Chronology 1944
Gandhi dictated instructions to Inspector-General of Prisons for Kasturba Gandhi’s funeral at 8.07 p.m.
Gandhi distributed to friends copies of his correspondence with Government, as also his reply to Congress Responsibility for the Disturbances, 1942-43.
Gandhi gave interview to the Press on Lord Munster’s speech in the House of Commons.
www.gandhiserve.org /information/chronology_1944/chronology_1944.html   (1504 words)

  
 Journey through Timeless India - Gandhi's Economic Strategy
But Gandhi insisted that all of his young followers remain unmarried, for their lives were to be dedicated to the upliftment of rural India.
Gandhi was particularly influenced by Ruskin, Carpenter, Thoreau and Tolstoy.
In the end, although Gandhi was the savior to the “dumb millions,” it is clear that he did not reach the mind of the peasants.
www.timelessindia.us /chapter50.htm   (3194 words)

  
 VirtualKampus - The BIGGEST Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mahatma was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar.
They had four sons: Harilal Gandhi, born in 1888; Manilal Gandhi, born in 1892; Ramdas Gandhi, born in 1897; and Devdas Gandhi, born in 1900.
Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons, fears, and insecurities.
www.virtualkampus.com /best_leg/legend.php   (393 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi - World Peace Australia
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 attempted to bridge these differences through any means, including a three-week fast in the autumn of 1924, but with limited success.
Gandhi was again arrested, and this time the government attempted to destroy his influence by completely isolating him from his followers.
worldpeace.org.au /mkGandhi.asp   (4122 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi | Indian Spiritual/Political Leader and Humanitarian
Gandhi helped free the Indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance, and is honored by his people as the father of the Indian Nation.
The Gandhis had four sons: Harilal and Manilal, born in India, and Ramdas and Devdas born in South Africa.
Gandhi was arrested many times by the British for his activities in South Africa and India.
www2.lucidcafe.com /lucidcafe/library/95oct/mkgandhi.html   (792 words)

  
 Current Ventriloquist and Puppetry Shows
Ramdas Padhye with one of his favourite dummy Tom the Terrific.
Ramdas and Aparna Padhye in one of their dual acts.
If you are looking for something unique and different with novel presentations for any given subject or shows we will create an impossible world of Hi-tech Puppets for you.
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 TIME.com: At the Three Rivers -- Feb. 23, 1948 -- Page 1
Gandhi would have disapproved of much that went on at the three rivers.
Gandhi had gone but a few times to the great popular Hindu festivals, sternly condemned the orgiastic frenzy and the exhibitions of extreme asceticism.
Gandhi's son Ramdas poured sacred cow's milk into the urn of ashes, swirled it, then slowly poured the mixture into the water.* Gandhi's soul, according to Hindu belief, was at last free from its mortal prison.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,798222,00.html   (776 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gandhi famously led Indians in the disobedience of the salt tax through the 400 kilometer (248 miles) Dandi March, and in an open call for the British to Quit India in 1942.
According to his wish, the majority of Gandhi's ashes were immersed in all the major rivers of the world such as The Nile, Volga, Thames, etc. Also, a small portion was sent to Paramahansa Yogananda from Dr. V.M. Nawle, (a publisher and journalist from Poona, India) encased in a brass and silver coffer.
As Gandhi grew into adulthood, he became a strict vegetarian, though he was not against the consumption of eggs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi   (8249 words)

  
 Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand biography - S9.com
1897 - His son Ramdas Gandhi was born.
1915 - Gandhi founded an ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India which was named Satyagrah Ashram.
1916 - He supported the British Power during World War I. 1921 - Gandhi was invested with executive authority on behalf of the Indian National Congress in December.
www.s9.com /Biography/Gandhi-Mohandas-Karamchand   (181 words)

  
 Historical Figures - Mahatma Gandhi
He went to Durban, South Africa to practise law in 1893 and began his political career by lobbying against laws discriminating against Indians in South Africa.
Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindu" [1] which was written in 1908 in response to aggressive Indian nationalists, and the two corresponded until Tolstoy's death in 1910.
Gandhi As a Political Strategist: With Essays on Ethics and Politics
www.dailypast.com /historical-figures/mahatma-gandhi.shtml   (706 words)

  
 The Hindu : PM condoles death of Nirmala Gandhi
She was dedicated to the cause of poor and needy all her life, the Prime Minister said.
Nirmala Gandhi, 91, was the last surviving member of the Gandhi family of her generation.
She married Ramdas, Mahatma Gandhi's third son, at the age of 20, an Ashram spokesman said.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/08/23/stories/0223000e.htm   (176 words)

  
 The Hindu : Ceasefire move well-received by Pak. people: Ramdas
Sana handed over the poem to the Indian delegation of the India- Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSIP), which was on a week-long visit to Pakistan recently for promotion of peace initiatives between the neighbours.
The Indian delegation of the IPSIP, constituted by a group of retired armed forces personnel of India and Pakistan in 1999, was received with warmth and cordiality wherever they went.
With such a positive response there is no doubt that forward movement in peace initiatives will be witnessed at various quarters in both the countries,'' Admiral Ramdas said.
www.hindu.com /2001/03/04/stories/02040008.htm   (590 words)

  
 Reminiscences of Kasturba Gandhi : A Paragon of Motherly Love
While the name of Bapu reminds us of his disinterested service to humanity, with Ba is associated her indefatigable faith in God and her intense devotion for Him.
But our more regular tutors were Kashiben Gandhi and Santoshben Gandhi.
Like every mother, Ba was worried about our progress in education, and she was specially worried when Bapu was absent from Ashram.
www.gandhi-manibhavan.org /gandhicomesalive/chap05.htm   (1216 words)

  
 Peter Ruhe's Photo Listings Page
He wrote several books on Gandhi and works regularly for TV and film productions as consultant and content and material provider.
Affiliations: I specialized in the conservation of photographs of Mahatma Gandhi and India's independence movement.
I live in Berlin (Germany) and Mumbai (India) and work regularly for TV and film productions and organize multi media events on Gandhi throughout the world.
www.photosource.com /1052   (209 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Campaign Trail/Ramdas Athavle
This constituency is a particular favourite with the Shiv Sena -- it houses the Sena Bhavan and encompasses Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's assembly segment.
It also happens to be the seat that the Republican Party of India-Congress-Samajwadi Party combine candidate, Dalit leader Ramdas Athavle, hopes to snatch from the Shiv Sena's sitting MP, Narayan Athawalay, the padayatra (walkabout) way.
There is a toned-down "Hum tumhare saath hain (we are with you)" in reply.
www.rediff.com /news/1998/feb/27ramdas.htm   (1097 words)

  
 Gandhi (1982)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Plot Outline: Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest.
The original national anthem of Pakistan was a different song (written by a Hindu), which was written days prior to the ceremony and only lasted 18 months as Pakistan's anthem.
Who was the White Woman always with Gandhi?
www.imdb.com /title/tt0083987/combined   (497 words)

  
 Kamat's Potpourri: Glossary: Samartha Ramdas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Try Kamat's PictureSearch for pictures of Samartha Ramdas
Indian Blog Portal -- Keep a tab on Inside India by reading reports by amateur journalists
Learn about the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi
www.kamat.com /glossary/?whoID=476   (33 words)

  
 AV #11001 - Video Cassette - Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Soul Lives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
AV #11001 - Video Cassette - Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Soul Lives
This video looks both at the life story of Mohandas Gandhi - from his law studies in London through his work in South Africa to his battles for the independence of India - and at the development of his philosophy, which continues to inspire people to non violent resistance around the world.
Nirmala Ramdas Gandhi and others recount their memories of Gandhi.
www.sfsu.edu /~avitv/avcatalog/11001.htm   (91 words)

  
 The Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive & Reference Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive & Reference Library
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