What was life like for Gandhi?

Known for his ascetic lifestyle–he often dressed only in a loincloth and shawl–and devout Hindu faith, Gandhi was imprisoned several times during his pursuit of non-cooperation, and undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of India’s poorest classes, among other injustices.

What was Gandhi like as a child?

He was shy and did not mix easily with the other children. Every morning he went to school in time, and ran back home as soon as school was over. His books were his sole companions and he spent all his free time alone reading. He had one friend, however, a boy named Uka.

What was Gandhi’s life like growing up?

What was Gandhi’s life like as a child?

How did Gandhi’s philosophy live on?

Within India, Gandhi’s philosophy lived on in the messages of reformers such as social activist Vinoba Bhave. Abroad, activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr., borrowed heavily from Gandhi’s practice of nonviolence and civil disobedience to achieve their own social equality aims.

Who is the great soul or Mahatma?

Gandhi was the one who was considered as The Great Soul or The Mahatma in the eyes of millions and millions of his fellow Indians. The scale of the vast crowds gathered around to see him speaks at the significant volume of the unthinking obsession of his followers.

What did Gandhi’s mother Putlibai do all day?

Gandhi’s mother, Putlibai, was completely absorbed in religion, did not care much for finery or jewelry, divided her time between her home and the temple, fasted frequently, and wore herself out in days and nights of nursing whenever there was sickness in the family.

Was Gandhi’s methods pure in heart?

It is most usually conceded that, without the declining and increasingly desperate British as his antagonist, Gandhi and his tactics would have fared no better than they had in the face of the remorseless pioneers of apartheid. This concession usually preserves intact the belief that Gandhi’s methods were pure in heart.

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