Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in Porbandar, India and died in 1948 in Delhi. He was a lawyer and influential leader who led the Indian independence movement against British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience. Some of Gandhi's key methods included satyagraha (nonviolent resistance), ahimsa (nonviolence), swadeshi (self-sufficiency), and mass participation to bring about social and political change in India. He advocated for truth, nonviolence, and self-reliance to peacefully resist unjust laws and fight for independence.
2. INTRODUCTION ABOUT
MAHATMA GANDHI
Mahatma Gandhi, byname of Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi.
He was born on October 2, 1869 at
Porbandar in India.
He died on January 30, 1948 in Delhi.
He was an Indian lawyer, politician, social
activist, and writer who became the leader of
nationalist movement against the British rule
of India.
As he came to be considered the father of
the country.
3. GANDHIJI’S METODS AND
DIRECTIONS
SATYAGRAHA :
This term is made up of two Sanskrit words Satya (truth) ,
agraha (insist to hold fast).
It means to be fearless, truthful an not accepting what is wrong.
NON VIOLENCE :
AHIMSA or NON –
Violence means not killing or avoiding injury.
According to Gandhiji it meant avoiding injury to anything by
thought, words, or deed.
4. GANDHIJI’S METODS AND
DIRECTIONS
SWADESHI :
It means producing necessary item in one’s own country
and using them.
It means being self sufficient not to be depend on foreign
tools.
Gandhiji promoted khadi and charkha for the same.
MASS MOVEMENT :
He believed that we can bring any charge only when
masses from all the sections of society will participate in
the freedom movement.
5. Causes that led to
Non Cooperation
movement.
Khilafat
Movement
Rowlatt ACT
Jallianwala Bagh
Tragedy
NON COOPERATION MOVEMENT (1920)
