... but never relaxed. Independence movements all over the world have drawn inspiration from his struggle to free India of British rule, modelling their own strategies after the marches and strikes that formed his campaign of civil disobedience. * * * Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, a town of about 70,000 people, ruled by a native prince whom the British usually left alone as long ... his inspiration during some of the most troubled times of his adult life. * * * Ahimsa is the cornerstone in Gandhi's tactics, strategy and ethics. Ahimsa is generally translated to English a...

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... and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" was one Gandhi took to heart. But civil disobedience and passive resistance were believed by Gandhi to be inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi ... was working towards. In 1910 Gandhi founded Tolstoy Farms, in Johannesburg, which was a cooperative colony for Indians to go to. The first of ... streets in their squatting meditat...

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... masses followed him for the sole reason that he "approached the poor with the mind of the poor" (Chadha, I). Gandhi soon became revered by the majority of the people and was often called the "Mahatma", meaning the "great -souled" one. The Indian people saw him as their way out, but ... above all he was seen to be practical and effective. Gandhi was also an innovator of politics. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was also considered to be one of ... assured that "Non-violence does not mean meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means the pitting of one's whole soul against th...

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