Mohandas Gandhi was an influential leader in India's independence movement from British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience. He was born in 1869 in India and educated in law in London. As a leader, he advocated for independence through peaceful protests, strikes, and boycotts. Notable campaigns included the Salt March and Quit India movement. His leadership inspired civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and brought international attention to India's struggle. He is remembered as the father of India for his role in achieving independence in 1947 before his assassination in 1948.

1. WELCOME TO MY PRESENTATION
ON
LEADERSHIP & CONTRIBUTION
OF
MOHATMA GANDHI

2. `
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

3. Why Gandhi is a leader…
• As we know the person who has the ability &
quality to inspire, influence and guide the other
people towards their objectives or ambition is
called leader. As the same way Gandhi inspired
the country people to establish their basic rights,
Influence for non-violence and guide the indian
people to achieve independence from British
government. His movement “ Quit INDIA” played
a key role to free India.

4. Early life and background

5. • Born
• 2 October 1869
Porbandar, Gujarat, British India
• Known for
• Prominent figure of Indian independence movement,
propounding the philosophy of Satyagraha and Ahimsa advocating ,
pacifism
• Spouse
• Kasturba Gandhi
• Children
• Harilal
Manilal
Ramdas
Devdas
• Parents
• Putlibai Gandhi (Mother)
Karamchand Gandhi (Father)

6. • Died
• 30 January 1948 (aged 78)
New Delhi, Dominion of India
• Cause of death
• Assassination by shooting
• Resting place
• Cremated at Rajghat, Delhi.
28.6415°N 77.2483°E
• Nationality
• Indian
• Other names
• Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu Gandhi

7. ENGLISH BARRISTER
Gandhi and his wife Kasturba(1902)

8. HIGHER EDUCATION:
In 1888,Gandhi travelled to london,England to study law at
university college london where he studied indian law and
jurisprudence and to train as a barrister at the Inner
Temple.Gandhi tried to adopt “English”customs, including
taking dancing lessons.Then he joined the vegetarian
society was elected to its executive committee and started
a local Bayswater chapter.

9. AWARDS
• Gandhi did not receive the Nobel peace price
though he was nominated for five times
between 1937 to 1948,including the first
nomination by American friends service
committee though he made a short list only
twice.decads later he again nominated for
novel but assissinantion before nomination
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closed.

10. THE LEADERSHIP
OF
GANDHI
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11. GANDHI’S SOURCES OF LEGITIMET
POWER………

12. Gandhi spent 21 years in South Africa,
where he developed his political views,
ethics and political leadership skills, He
was a politician,laywer and revelutionary.
That’s why he get a formal position.In
India He took the leadership of congress
then he hold a superior position.soon after
holding the leadership he had led
nationwide campagins for mitigating
poverty,liberating women,end to
untouchability ,cast discrimanetion & make
the country economic sufficient.

13. GANDHI’S REFERENT
POWER…..
Gandhi’s london experience
Provided a solid philosophical
base focused on truthfulness,
Temperance,chastity and
Vegetarianism.Gandhi was influenced by the
reforms and teachings of swaminarayan
stating.Those experience gave him a personal
identification. people blindly believe in his
philoophiy and accept him as a informal leader.

14. Fllowers&International influences:
• Gandhi influenced important leaders and
political movement. Time Magazine named
Gandhi "Man of the Year" in 1930, the
runner-up to Albert Einstein as "Person of the
Century" at the end of 1999, and named the
Dalai Lama of Tibet,Dr. Martin Luther King
and Cesar Chavez of the USA, Aung San
Suu Kyi of Burma/Myanmar, and Desmond
Tutu and Nelson Mandela of South Africa
as "Children of Gandhi," his spiritual heirs to
non-violence.

15. AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL & BY BORN
LEADER
His saintly, austere, religiously thoughts comes from
his mother Putlibai and his equally-devout nurse
Rambha were major spiritual influences on him,

16. Cont’d
and his self-sacrificing father,
Karamchand,serving as prime minister of
the small state of Porbandar.thats why
had some political leadership by born.
And like a transformational leader he
inspired his follower to transcend
towards the peace, love, nonviolent
resistance to injustice, and transforming
village life through self-reliance and hard
work.

17. GANDHI AS A CONTINGENCY
LEADER
When gandhi was at Africa he faced the discrimination directed
at all colored people. He was thrown off a train at after refusing
to move from the first-class. He protested and was allowed on
first class the next day.[27] Travelling farther on by stagecoach,
he was beaten by a driver for refusing to move to make room for
a European passenger. In another incident, the magistrate of a
Durban court ordered Gandhi to remove his turban, which he
refused to do. from that day he raised his voice for equal rights for
all colored people. Though he was a by born leader but the process
that he handled the situation is prove that he was a good situational
leader also.

18. AS A DEMOCRATIVE LEADER…..
• Gandhi expanded his non violence platfrom
include the swadeshi policy- the boycott of
foreign made goods,especially British made
goods .He adviced that khadi(homespun) be
worn by all Indians instead of British
textiles.he was always against of
untouchability,alcoholism, ignorence &
poverty.He never froced the people to obtain
his order & principles.he convenss & influnces
the people towards non-violence and non co
coporation.

19. GANDHI’S
LEADERSHIP
GRIDR

20. Own country and Population
1.9 9,9
high
5.5
country
1.1 9.1
Low
low population high

21. According to Ohio state model:
High Low structure: high High structure, high
consideration: consideration: leaders
balance between getting the
jobs done and maintain a
cohesive. and friendly work
group.
Low sructure,low conidaration: High sructure,low conidaration:
Low
low high
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22. AS A PARTICIPATIVE &
ACHIVEMENT ORIENTED
LEADERSHIP…
In 1915 Gandhi returne to Indian
parmanently.He brought an international
reputation as a leading Indian nationalist,
theorist and organiger.
He took leadership of congress in 1920 and
start steady of demand until on 26 January
1930 when the congress declared the
independence of India.But the British did not
recognize that.Then the Gandhi demand
immediate independence in 1942.and in 1947
Pakistan and India partition independently.

23. Cont’d
CASE-1
• Gandhi’s 1st major achievement came in 1918
with
Champaran and Kheda agitation of Bihar and
Gujrat.The Champaran agitation pitted by the
local peasantry against the British landlords
who were backed by local administration.The
peasantry was forced to grow indigo & sell that
at a very low price to the lord. pursuing a
strategy of non violent protest,Gandhi took the
administration and won concession from the
authorities.

24. CASE 2:
• In 1918, kheda was hit by floods and
famine and the farmers were
demanding relief from tax.But the govt.
refused then Gandhi used non co-
operation as a technique.Finaly after
five month agitation in end may 1918
.the goverment gave away on important
provision relaxed the condition of
revenue tax.

25. Mahatma Gandhi Is Spinning
Yarn……

26. CONCULETION:
•
Mahatma (Great Soul) Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi (1869-1948) stands as one of history’s
greatest heroes of “engaged spirituality,” a
spirituality that is active within the world to help
heal injustice, hatred, pettiness, fear and
violence with justice, loving-kindness,
equanimity, courage and nonviolence. He is the
leader who born for his country, struggle for his
country and at the end he died for his country.

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29. REFERENCE
Enlightened-Spirituality.org ©Copyright 2006 by Timothy
Conway, Ph.D.
www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/momindex. Gandhian
Institutes website at www.mkgandhi.org/index.htm.
Mahatma Gandhi Media and Research Center www.
gandhiserve.org/ (Berlin, Germany).
2007 to the University of Rochester (NY); the longtime
website www.gandhiinstitute.org/ no longer
“A”—An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with
Truth (Boston: Beacon Press, 1957; originally published in 2
vols., 1927/1929);
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