... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, later known to millions of Indians as the father of their nation. He lived an ordinary boyhood in the seaport town and attended school in nearby Rajkot. As a boy he attended temple near his home and readings were taken alternatively from the Hindu Bhagavad Gita and the Moslem Koran ... and strength of mind, on June 12, 1891 passed his examinations and was called to the bar. On June 11 he was enrolled to the High Court and the next day sailed for India and home. On his return home he found his family's influence had grown weak and his decision ... 's declaratio...

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... of Indians living in Southern Africa. Back in India, it was not long before he was taking the lead in the long struggle for independence from Britain. He never wavered in his unshakable belief in nonviolent protest and religious tolerance. When Muslim and Hindu compatriots committed acts of violence ... , whether against the British who ruled India, or against each other, he fasted until the fighting ceased. Independence, when it came in 1947, was not a military victory, but a triumph of human will. To Gandhi's despair, however, the country was partitioned ... Gandhi was born on October...

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... normal childhood in India. He was in a normal middle class family that stood out in no ways politically or in wanting to protest. Once Gandhi finished high school, he left India to go to law school in England. While studying law in England, Gandhi began his search for self-discovery and started studying religious philosophy, which would be the basis of his beliefs ... 4). This helped to further Gandhi's popularity amongst all classes of India as well as the world, due to his charitable works such as these and his continuing crusade for Indian independence. After WWI, Gandhi continued hi...

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... and so called orthodoxy society as she married a lower caste boy, against society and parents will. After a few years Ramabai went to Philadelphia and wrote a book which focused to the high caste Hindu woman. In this she discussed about discriminatory aspects of Hinduism, child marriage, widow's status and lack of education for women. She desired to create a body of Indian women ... concentrating majority of her day time understanding the preaching's of Bible. On the other hand, she was a role model for poor women who came in contact with her in the school/association. These poor women ...

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