FREE ESSAY ON GANDHI

GANDHI

Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2 1869 in Porbandar India. He grew up in a very wealthy
and spiritual home. His father got very ill while Gandhi was a young child, which put him
through a lot of stress. The way he got rid of the stress was by taking long walks in the
night. Which sooner or later turned into smoking, shoplifting, and even eating meat.
Which Gandhi was a vegetarian.
After Gandhi completed his early education, he went to London to study in a university.
He was trying to become a lawyer. After he was through with school, he moved back to
India. Shortly after, an Indian firm wanted him to travel to South Africa. When he
arrived, he realized white people do not welcome Indians. One day because colored people
were not allowed in first class he got kicked off a train. That was when he decided he
would never be pushed down again and to fight for Indian rights that whites took away
from them. At this time, Gandhi made a rule to himself that he would never be violent in
his life, even if others used it. Also he started fighting for the rights of Indian
workers in South Africa and he had done a very good job. This was a great turning point
in his life when he exchanged from a shy timid boy to a grown outspoken man who always
speaks his mind. He came back to India in 1914 where he was not involved in politics for

a long while. He was very friendly with the British Empire but got very mad on the
passing of the Rowlatt act that made those suspected of sedition able to be imprisoned
without a trial. He instantly called a Satyagraha struggle against Great Britain. By
1920, Gandhi was very influential among Indians. He called a massive boycott of British
goods and services, including schools. With a leader like Gandhi, the Indian people were
no longer afraid of their foreign rulers and began protesting. When police arrived, they
lined up to be arrested, hoping to obstruct the system and stop the British. Thousands
were arrested and the movement was mostly a sucsess, but a few violent outbreaks like in
the previous protest caused the INC and Gandhi to call the protest off and admit that it
was a mistake. Gandhi himself was arrested shortly after in 1922 and sentenced to six
years in jail. 
Possibly, his most amazing achievement was the Satyagraha against the salt tax in
1930.Gandhi and many followers made the famous Dandi March to the Arabian Sea where they
made their own salt by evaporating water from the sea. Therefore, over 60,000 people were
jailed. Less than a year later, Gandhi meet with Lord Irwin and the two agreed to allow
Gandhi to act as a representative at conference in London, but the conference failed to
help them. He was soon jailed after his return to India. While in jail, he found out that
the new constitution would discriminate against the "untouchable" rank by placing them in
a different electorate. Gandhi immediately started fasting for change. The 
government knew they had to change this part of the constitution quickly, for if Gandhi
died, then revolution would be imminent. When World War 2 started, 
the Gandhi and INC supported Britain on the condition that they withdraw completely from
India. When the war ended, India became independent shortly afterward, in 1947. But it
split, as it became self-ruling, forming Pakistan and India. Gandhi was disturbed that
Indian independence did not come with Indian unity, but nevertheless submerged himself
into helping repair the riot ravaged areas and fasting for peace in those places where
the fighting continued over religion. In that way, he achieved two great accomplishments
by stopping the riots in Calcutta in September of 1947 as well as causing a truce in
Delhi in January of 1948.
The British Empire ruled the country of India for about 200 years. During its reign, the
British Empire popularly known as the "East India Company" made full use of its power. It
used the products of the country. It even took away land from the poor people in order to
grow indigo which was the main portion of the dye industry in Britain. Lots of injustices
were done to people. The British Empire created differences between the people by telling
that they were of different religions. The worst thing that they did was to use the plan
of Divide and Rule. An example of this is that the state of Bengal was divided into East
and West Bengal because of religion. They used different ways to create hatred between
the Indian people. This lead to many fights and violent outbreaks between people. 
Mostly these violent outbreaks were because of the hatred attitudes between 
Hindus and Muslims. What the British Empire created between Indian people can still be
seen. They divided the whole country into two parts based on Religion. The result of this
was two different nations forming from a single nation, Pakistan and India. The envy
between these two still persists as a result of the conflict created by the British
Empire did not know how to act against an enemy who does not use violence.
Gandhi's last months of his life were darkened by shared conflict between Hindu and
Muslim; but his fasts to shame the instigators helped to avert deeper national tragedy.
However, Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 1948
at a prayer meeting in Delhi. 
In his life time, Mahatma "the great soul" Gandhi was venerated as a moral teacher, a
reformer who fought to see India as free from rank as from materialism, and a dedicated
patriot who gave the Home Rule movement a new quality. In Asia especially he has been
regarded as a great sway for peace, whose teachings held a message not only for India,
but for the whole world as well. 
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Gandhi's last months of his life were darkened by shared conflict between Hindu and
Muslim; but his fasts to shame the instigators helped to avert deeper national tragedy.
However, Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30 1948
at a prayer meeting in Delhi. 
In his life time, Mahatma "the great soul" Gandhi was venerated as a moral teacher, a
reformer who fought to see India as free from rank as from materialism, and a dedicated
patriot who gave the Home Rule movement a new quality. In Asia especially he has been
regarded as a great sway for peace, whose teachings held a message not only for India,
but for the whole world as well.