This presentation is about mahathma ghandi

1. Mahathma Ghandi
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2. Praneesha.J
ZM17EDSS03
B.Ed Social Science
Zainab Memorial college of teacher
education
Kasaragod,Kerala,India

3. MAHATHMA GANDHI

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.

14. REFERENCE
 Wikipedia.org
 Textbook

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