Mahatma Gandhi was a man of great power. He could "move mountains" with his
words. In his life he accomplished many things, one of them being the liberation of India.
He showed great self-composure in everything that he did, with his "motto" being: do not
retaliate, in the words of Jesus if they hit your left cheek, turn and offer them the right
cheek as well. He staged many peaceful protests that went smoothly, and a few that did
not go as smoothly.
Gandhi was a man who could say just one thing, and he could have many people
doing anything that he wished. He was a man of great ideas and of wisdom beyond any
normal person of his time. He saw around all of what the government wanted him and his
race to believe, and in doing so he enlightened many other people that fought for the
same cause as him.
English: Gandhi during the Salt March, March 1930....
English: Birth place of Mahatma Gandhi, Porbandar,...
Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi in 1940.If he did not agree with a law, or a rule then he would not abide by it.
He was put in jail a number of times for a number of different things. Mostly for things
about the government that he did not agree with, so he displayed open protests about it.
Gandhi was put in jail for many different things. The first time he was put in jail
was because he organized a protest to burn the papers that the Indians, and blacks were
required to carry on them during the Apartheid in South Africa. By doing this he showed
that he did not agree with the government and their ways, and that he was not going to sit
there and take what the government was unjustly telling them to do. He was arrested and
put in jail along with the few other protestors that were...
Well written
Nicely put up. As an Indian , Hats off to your essay about Mahatma Gandhi.
Hai Hind
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