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- 2. Praneesha.J ZM17EDSS03 B.Ed Social Science Zainab Memorial college of teacher education Kasaragod,Kerala,India
- 4. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Born in 2 October 1869. He was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employingnonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā(Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable") – applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa– is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for father, papa) and Gandhi ji, and known as theFather of the Nation.
- 5. Born and raised in a Hindu merchant castefamily in coastal Gujarat, India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for various social causes and for achievingSwaraj or self-rule. Gandhi's birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, anational holiday, and worldwide as theInternational Day of Nonviolenceiolence .
- 6. Early life and background Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 into a GujaratiHindu Modh Baniya family in Porbandar( also known as Sudamapuri), a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula and then part of the small princely state of Porbandar in theKathiawar Agency of the Indian Empire. His father, Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi(1822–1885), served as the diwan (chief minister) of Porbandar state.
- 7. Mahathma Gandhi is remembered as the father of the nation.
- 8. FATHER OF THE NATION An Indian political and civil rights leader who played a critical role in India’s struggle for independence His method of fighting was known as satyagraha- truth&violence Due to his work in the struggle for independence he is unofficially called the father of the nation
- 9. YOUTH Mahathma Gandhi was born in 1869 in porbander Gujarat He went to south Africa to practice law in 1896 He returned to India in 1915
- 10. STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE Gandhiji launched the Non-cooperation movement as protest against the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre Gandhiji launched the Civil Disobedience movement to break the salt law Gandhiji launched the Quit India movement calling for an end to British rule in india
- 11. HIS SIGNIFICANCE He was the main driver of Truth&Non-violence principles in our country.The United Nations has also declared October 2 as the International day of Non-violence He was the main driver of the struggle for India’s independence. His values,methods led to a free India Gandhi jayanthi is celebrated every year to mark the birth anniversary of Gandhiji ,fondly known as ‘Bapu’ or Father of the nation in india He is a symbol of peace and humanity
- 12. Assassination of Mahathma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion. His assassin was Nathuram Vinayak Godse, advocate of Indian nationalism, a member of the political party the Hindu Mahasabha,and a past member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which he left in 1940 to form an armed organization. Godse had planned the assassination.
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