Gandhi spent a number of years in jail in both South Africa and India. A eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, by Mahatma Gandhi. Above all, he aimed to achieve Swaraj or the independence of India from foreign domination. After assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women's rights, build religious and ethnic amity, end untouchability, and increase economic self-reliance. After his return to India in 1915, he organized protests by peasants, farmers, and urban labourers concerning excessive land-tax and discrimination. Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience while an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, during the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. Mahatma Gandhi the father of India, a great influencer and the. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi. He was the pioneer of satyagraha-resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa or total nonviolence-which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. We need to have the courage to stop the cycle of violence and use the methodology of creative nonviolence to end this madness and pursue a more nonviolent world.
That sad truth is being played out every day now. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. 'An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind,' Gandhi said famously. The following information is NOT printed on this notecard:
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