How Did Gandhi Contribute To The Civil Rights Movement

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was known as Mahatma, “the great souled one.” In 1900 he became Indian immigrant activism for South Africa, and years following in World War 1 became the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born. Mohandas father was the chief minister of Porbandar, and his mother was a devoted practitioner of Vaishnavism an ascetic religion governed by tenets of self-discipline and nonviolence. Mohandas left home at the age of 19 to study law in London at the Inner Temple, which was one of the city’s four law colleges. When Mohandas returned to India in 1891, he set up a law office in Bombay to practice, but had small success. Later, he accepted

Mohandas was thrown out of a first-class railway compartment heading to Pretoria and beaten once, because he refused to give up his seat to a European Passenger. This was a turning point for Mohandas, which lead to the development and teaching the concept of satyagraha (‘truth and firmness”), or passive resistance as a way of non-cooperation with authorities. In 1906, Gandhi led a campaign of civil disobedience which lasted for eight years, due to the Transvaal government passing ordinance in regards to the registration of the Indian population. In 1913, Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts negotiated the important concessions of recognition of Indian marriages, and the abolition of existing poll tax for

In 1943, Gandhi retired from politics and his resignation from the Congress Party, to concentrate on working with rural communities. But, this was short lived because he was drawn back into politics due to the outbreak of World War II. In 1947, Britain finally granted India its independence, but was split into two dominions: India and Pakistan. Gandhi was very opposed to this partition, but agreed in hopes that after independence Hindus and Muslims could achieve peace internally. In January 1948, Gandhi set out to fast yet again for the peace in the city of Delhi, and 12 days after the fast ended on January 30 Gandhi was shot to death on his way to an evening prayer meeting in Delhi. The man who shot Gandhi was Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic enraged by Gandhi’s efforts to negotiate with Jinnah and other Muslims. Gandhi’s body was carried throughout the streets of the state, and cremated on the banks of holy Jumna