CIVICS

78 years (1869–1948)Mahatma Gandhi / Age at death

Subhash Chandra Bose chose such a title because he had seen the role of Gandhiji in building India as an independent nation. A nation is built on its geographical and political boundary.

Better known as the Mahatma, or great soul, Gandhi was an Indian lawyer who led his country to freedom from British colonial rule in 1947. He was assassinated months later at age 78. Gandhi is most famous for his philosophy of nonviolence that has inspired civil rights leaders around the world.

Gandhi of course was born a Hindu but his interpretation of Hinduism was his own. While keeping firm roots in ancient Hinduism, he welcomed contact with other religions, especially the Christian doctrines.

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiMahatma Gandhi / Full name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a town in Gujarat in western India on 2 October 1869.

Poona Pact, (September 24, 1932), agreement between Hindu leaders in India granting new rights to Dalits (low-caste Hindu groups then often labeled “untouchables”).

Mohandas Karamchand GandhiOn 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement. The next day, Gandhi, Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government.

Gopal Krishna GokhaleGopal Krishna Gokhale was called the ‘Diamond of India’ by his political opponent Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was an Indian liberal political leader and a social reformer during the Indian Independence Movement.

Satyagraha is nothing but the implementation of truth and ahimsa in the different walks of life. Satyagraha is a logical development of the doctrine of ahimsa. The history of Indian culture is the history of the evolution of the concept of ahimsa, and satyagrahais a practical application of ahimsa to politics.

On the report of the committee, headed by Justice Rowlatt, two bills were introduced in the Central Legislature on 6 February 1919. These bills came to be known as “Black Bills”. They gave enormous powers to the police to search a place and arrest any person they disapproved of without warrant.