Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said "Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony.”; and he spoke truthfully. This humble man who was born on October 2nd 1869 was what the people of India wanted and needed. H

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It is safe to say that Gandhi has made a lasting impression on the history of India and the World- he challenged the all-powerful British Empire and won India her freedom. Throughout his lifetime, he has often been on the front pages on newspapers throughout the world for his non-violent fight towards social and political change. “He bridged the span between time when wars were fought by armies with rifles and the time when they were fought with atomic bombs.”(Sharp, xiii). Although he had no place in government at all, government men and women came to him for advice and guidance. He was also sometimes acted as a strategist and General for the “Indian National Congress”-the political party which led the independence struggle. “The Indian National Congress is a political organization pledged to win the political independence of the country.”(Sharp, 19) Gandhi was jailed on numerous occasions; he was even found guilty of sedition and was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. Gandhi saw this as satyagraha for his country. His fasts, which at times left him very weak, became a way for him to dictate indirectly to the government. Many times when he came close to death, crowds would gather and pray, a few would gather outside his home and shout “Let Gandhi die!” His last fast ended on January 17th.

Gandhi had the ability to sense the feelings and capacities of ordinary people about political issues, clearly understanding the peasants better than that of his intellectual fellow Nationalists. Gandhi felt a need in him to free India from foreign rule and from her own shortcomings-- which included religious hatred, child marriages, and poverty, just to name a few. Gandhi himself was a victim to child marriages-Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturbai were married in 1882, when Gandhi was at the tender age of 13. The two children took the traditional Hindu wedding vows, which consisted of seven steps around a sacred fire, pledging devotion to each other through all the ensuing years.

In riot-torn India, this man’s simplicity and humility are what helped him in ending tyranny, reconstructing the social order and in bringing reconciliation between Hindus and Muslims. In 1928, when Subhas Chandra Bose, who had headed the “Indian National Army” was saying “Give me blood and I promise you freedom” Gandhi was preaching and practicing ahimsa- which

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