Gandhi (1869-1948)

Gandhi (1869-1948)

1. Characters

   • Main
     • Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
   • Secondaries
     • Gandhi's sons
       • Halilal
       • Manilal
       • Devdas
       • Ramdas
     • Abdullah Sheth
     • Joseph Chamberlain
     • Henry Polak
     • Hermann Kallenbach
     • Mahadev Desai
     • Jawaharlal Nehru
     • Vallabhbhai Patel
     • Dr. Ambedkar
     • Rajagopalachari
     • Motilal Nehru
     • Vinoba Bhave
     • Muhammad Ali Jinnach
     • Kastur (Kasturba) Kapadia
     • Ghaffar Khan
     • Abul Kalam Azad
     • Charles Andrews
     • Ghanshyam Das Birla
     • Nathuram Godse

2. Main ideas

   • 1. (1869 - 1892) Mohandas (Hindu) got married with Kastur, and he became a lawyer in London.
     • 2. (1893-1894) Gandhi was victim of racism and unjust laws while he worked in South Africa, then he decided to fight against them.
       • 3. (1895-1898) Gandhi travelled around India to talk about situation of Indians in South Africa. Then returned to South Africa to help poor people, and he founded Ambulance Corp during the war.
         • 4. (1899-1910) Polak gave to Ghandi a book (Unto This Last by Jhon Ruskin). Gandhi decided beginning to live in a simple way (Phoenix Farm). Time later, he created the satyagraha against British goverment.
           • 5. (1910-1914) Gandhi protested non-violence against £3 yearly tax and Christian marriages only, Poor Indians began to call him Mahatma.
             • 6. (1915-1919) Gandhi founded Ahmedabad's ashram and fought for Champaran's farmers and Ahmedabad's workers (He fasted for first time).
               • 7. (1919-1922) Gandhi travelled to a lot of cities, speaking about: Muslims and Hindus working together, khadi, and Untouchables. He was taken to Yeravda Prison.
                 • 8. (1924-1931) Gandhi and his crowd marched against British Government (salt tax) and for the unit (Muslims and Hindus stopped to work together).
                   • 9. (1932-1939) Gandhi fasted again for the Untouchables's separete assembly. He didn't miss the hope on: "Muslims and Hindus would work and live together peacefully".
                     • 10. (1939-1944) Kasturba died in prison. Gandhi fasted for the violence. He got ill in prison, and he was released of prison.
                       • 11. (1944-1946) British Government left India, but Hindus and Muslim were fighting. Gandhi was too old (75 years old) and met Bengalis.
                         • 12. (1947-1948) Gandhi was hurt because Indians were agreed with a divided India. He wanted peace between Muslims, Hindus and Sihks, and once again he fasted. (He said: "My life is my message").
                           • 13. (1948) Gandhi (Father of the Nation) was killed in Birla's House. Patel and Nehru should be new leaders and Gandhi's message shouldn't died.

3. Places

   • Porbandar - Gujarat
     • Birthplace
   • Rajkot
     • Childhood and adolescence
   • London - England
     • University
   • Bombay (Mumbay)
     • Work, teach and fight
   • Durban - Nathal (South Africa)
     • Abdullah Sheth's house
   • Pretoria (South Africa)
     • Work, teach and fight
   • Calcutta, Poona and Madras
     • Teaching
   • Johannesburg-Transvaal (South Africa)
     • Phoenix Farm and Tolstoy Farm
   • Ahmedabad - Gujarat
     • Ashram
   • Poona
     • Yeravda Prison and Aga Khan Palace Prision
   • Sevagram
     • Ashram
   • Delhi
     • Birla's House

4. Personal opinion

   • The Gandhi's life is a sample of bravery and humility. It teaches us that a peacefully fight could be the best way to demand our rights and to protest against unjustices of oppressors. In addition, if we take a simple life we would become honorable citizens.