Gandhi was a man of immense faith who believed in achieving independence for India through non-violence and truth. He was influenced by Hindu texts like the Bhagavad Gita and believed in concepts like non-possession and equality. In South Africa, he faced discrimination which led him to fight for civil rights through non-violent protests. He established ashrams in India and South Africa to model self-reliant communities based on his principles of non-violence, equality, and simplicity. Gandhi led the non-cooperation movement and campaigns of civil disobedience against British rule. Though he advocated for independence through non-violent means, his assassination in 1948 showed there was still conflict between religious

1. MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI
MAHATMA [THE GREAT SOUL]
AN INSIGHT INTO HIS PRINCIPLES AND BELIEFS

2. a man of immense faith in religion.

3. "But how God tested my faith”
"The antibiotics wouldn't have saved her and allowing her to have them would have
meant bankruptcy of my faith".

4. Gandhi left India and departed for
London to study law.
In 1981 he sailed back to India to start
his practice of law in Rajkot but was
soon offered a job in South Africa

5. In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an
Indian and travelling in a first class compartment

6. Birth of an activist and a reformer within Gandhi
Hindu sacred text Bhagvat Gita greatly influenced him and hence he took an oath of purifying
himself by the concepts of Aprigraha- Non Possession and Samabhava- Equality and he
developed ideas of 'Ahimsa' and started his belief of achieving freedom through non-violence.

7. ―Refuse to believe that you are weak, and you will be strong."
'Phoenix Settlement' (inspired by the book "Unto this Last" by John Ruskin) An ashram
as a model of a non-segregated community—where people, whether white, black or
‗coloured‘, could live together without conflict; where the values he respected would be
put into practice—equality, tolerance, dignity of labour, simplicity and self-reliance.
A settlement with the Ideologies that inspired him in Bhagvat Gita wherein the dwellers
could eliminate ones needless possessions and create a society in which equality and
faith prevailed.

8. Sabarmati ashram that focused on similar principles as the Phoenix settlement but had an
added component of liberating India from colonial rule.

9. SATYAGRAH – ―TRUTH FORCE‖
In his book "Hind Swaraj Enroute- that is a critique of colonialism and western civilization" , He
explains that the universe is run by two forces that are the 'soul force' and the 'truth force' which can
be described in detail as the force of Love.

10. The international hero received a grand welcome in his homeland
where he finally decided to return after his struggles and triumphs
in South Africa.

11. He was one of the magnetic leaders who took an active part
in the Indian freedom struggle.

12. Gandhi is Revered for bringing ethics into the political aspects of
the country and he is considered to be a man of principles
unmatched. A man who never demands of others what he did not
first demand of himself.

13. "As soon as India Accepts the Doctrine of the
sword my life as an Indian is finished. It is
because i believe in a mission special to India.“
" I therefore venture to suggest to my learned
countrymen that so long as the doctrine of non
cooperation remains non-violent, so long there is
nothing unconstitutional in the Doctrine."

14. 'Swaraj in one Year'
"I would ask you to come in Khaddar for Khadi links you with the fallen and the
downtrodden."

15. He was arrested at Sabarmati Ashram for Sedation of young India and sentenced to a 6
year Imprisonment at the 'Great Trial' in Ahmadabad court.

16. 'The Great Fast 'or the 'Unity Fast' to put an end to the Hindu-Muslim tension.

17. "Swaraj means that not a single person Muslim or Hindu shall for a moment arrogantly
think that he can crush with impunity the meek."

19. 'Harijan' the children of God, his name given to the commonly called suppressed of
depressed classes and founded a society called Harijan Seva Sang and started a
journal called ―harijan"

20. 'Quit India Movement' with Mahatma as the leader. It was the final Countrywide
Satyagrah campaign.

21. Disagreements between Hindus and
Muslims for their representation in the
politics
Massive violence, rapes, slaughter and
burning of towns
" Victory attained by violence is a tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."

22. But not everyone was happy with the Peace plans laid down by Gandhi and one of them
was a young Hindu Nathuram Godse.
" Freedom is not worth Having if it does not
connote freedom to err. It passes my
comprehension how human beings, be
they ever so experienced and able, can
delight in depriving other human beings of
that precious gift."

23. REFRENCES:
Makers of Modern India - Ramchandra Guha
Life and Death of Mahatma Gandhi - P.S. Roberts
Story of my Experiments - M.K. Gandhi
WWW.mahatma.com
VAIDEHI RAIPAT
M-ARCH - 1st Year
Sir JJ College of Architecture