English Biography Presentation - Biography of Mahatma Ghandi

7/25/2019 English Biography Presentation - Biography of Mahatma Ghandi

1/8

By :

Asmaul HusnaArif

Rizqi Amelia

Krisna

Biograp

hy ofMahatm

a Gandi


2/8

Mohandas Karamchand Gandiwas born in 1869.He was born inGujarat,India and lived several

years in n!land and "outh#$rica.He returned to India $rom"outh #$rica %191&'to enjoy the

(iberation Movement a!ainst the

)ritish rulers.*n each occasion,Gandhi alwayssearchin! $or answers to many+uestions in various elds. He

entitle his autobio!ra-hy withMy e/-erience o$ the truth0.In$act,he s-ent a li$etime

searchin! $or the truth and ee-tryin! to nd answers.


3/8

He started his career as a lawyer in

South Africa!ne time"during the#ourney on the train to $retoria"Gandhiwas as%ed to lea&e the passenger seat'rst class the host e&enthough he had

paid his tic%et(rain conductor who iswhite with a cynical saying that inaddition to white people are notallowed to occupy the seat 'rst

classBut Gandhi refused and insistedto continue occupying the chair he hadpaid for itBecause of his

resistance"the conductor lowers

Gandhi at a small station


4/8

2hat said,it was one incident which later madehim always $ou!ht $or justice.He always -ointedout that we can !ht injustice without

violence.3urin! Gandhi in "outh #$rica be!an todevelo- his ideas called #himsa or non4violenceand teach those Indians who live there how toa--ly #himsa to overcome injustices they

e/-erience.2he method is also nown as -assiveresistance or anti4coo-erate with those who doinjustice.Gandhi believed,by re$usin! tocoo-erate,the -erson will eventually reali5e the

error and then sto- the un$air attitude.


5/8

Gandhi was success$ul in a variety o$

business done in "outh #$rica.However,it

was also time $or him to !o bac to Indiaby various emer!in! (iberation movemento$ the )ritish rulers.He $elt was his duty to

join and contribute to an ideal o$ IndianInde-endece0. Gandhi ased his $ollowersin India to im-lement the teachin!s o$#himsa and shows how these teachin!s

can be a -art o$ Indias $reedom stru!!le.


6/8

7hile the movement continues to -ro!ress, Gandhicontinued the search $or truth and devise

a--ro-riate strate!ies to $ace enemy.He called it

"atya!raha4truth en$orcement.Gandhi believes thatby seein! the suerin! o$ someone who u-hold the

truth will mae an im-act and will touch theconscience o$ the enemy."atya!raha is then run

e/tensively and eectively in the stru!!le $orinde-endence.2his stru!!le eventually reach a -ointwhere )ritain couldnt survive a!ainst thousands o$

-eo-le who de$y it,-eace$ul -rotest demandin!

inde-endence.Gandhi believed to every eort andstru!!le wa!ed by those who tutored him in the

runnin! o$ "atya!raha,and because o$ this doctrineand trainin! "atya!raha stru!!le brin!s results.


7/8

Gandhi still has opportunity towatch )ndia*s )ndependence

from British rule"+ut he was&ery sad to see the con,ict+etween Muslims andHindus"as well as thousands ofpeople who +ecome &ictims of

the $artition of )ndia-$a%istan.on'dence in the+rotherhood of Man%ind /(he+rotherhood of Man0 remainedunsha%en despite )ndia is now

separated into )ndia with aHindu ma#ority secular

(he 1nd of

Gandhi*s 3ifeAt the end of hislife mourning theteachings ofGandhi*sSatyagraha was nota+le to pre&ent thehatred +etween

Hindus and Muslimswhich resulted insplitting of )ndia)n4567"Gandhi was%illed in a house of

worship +y a Hindufanatic who doesn*t


8/8

2han

ou

English Biography Presentation - Biography of Mahatma Ghandi

Documents

Transcript of English Biography Presentation - Biography of Mahatma Ghandi