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A power point on Gandhi's life from beggining to end.
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Mahatma Gandhi
The Father of Peace
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Early Life
• Born, October 2, 1896• British ruled over India • Father died before end of school
years• Married at 13 to Kasturba, she was
younger than even him
A Rude Awakening
• Went to England in 1888 to study law• Thrown from his first class seat • Began his will towards change• Seeker of Satya, truth
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Gandhi’s Duty
• He believed it was his duty to become familiar with the Indian conditions.
• Traveled for a year. • He became known as Mahatma,
“Great soul”
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The first Stand
• A Hartal, strike• Ended in fight and a fast for 72 hours• Started the 28 year struggle
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Amristar Massacre
• April 23, 1919• Forbidden meeting in Amristar • 379 dead, 1,200 wounded• Returned Medals
“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings” -Gandhi
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The spinning wheel
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Chauri Charui
• Massive outbreak of Violence• His own people killed 22 police men • Five day fast for the dead
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The final rebellion
• Gandhi led many more movements all over India.
• Finally he was arrested, along with anyone of any significance in India.
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Fast to the death
• Prayer was not enough• 78 years old Gandhi would fast to his
death if peace would not come• Six days later he broke his fast.
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The Fateful End
• He was shot several times while heading to evening prayers.
• “Oh God”“Death is the appointed end of all life. To
die by the hand of a brother rather by disease…. cannot be for me a matter of sorrow and if I am free from thought of anger or hatred against my assailant I know that I will rebound to my eternal welfare” -Gandhi
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Gandhi brought light, hope, Love and peace to India that no one else was willing to fight for. He was a beacon of sanity in an insane world.
If it is true that the evil that a man does lives on
after they die, then surely the good does too."When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and
murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.“
-Gandhi