The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi

Presentation by Anita Horváth

Mahatma Gandhi2.October 1869.-30.January 1948.

• Born as :Mohandas

Karamachand Gandhi

Early life

• Married at the age

of 13

• His wife:Katurba

Makhanji

Early life 2.

• 1888. University

Collage London –

age of 18

• 1893.South-Africa

=> became the

spokesman of the

Hindu minority

India

• Went back to India in 1925

• Became the leader of the Independence

Movement

• He got the name Mahatma (= „Great

Soul”) from his followers

India 2.

• It was a British crown colony

• Gandhi:the representer of Hindu

nationalism

• Claimed the independence of India

India 3.

• 1922.civilian disobedience=> 2 years in

prison

• Harsh conflicts between the British

authorities and the Indian nationalists

• Passive resistence

• 1942-1944.prison because of „Quit India”

The Independent India

Pakistan

Assassination

• 1948.New Delhi - he was shot down by an exaggarated nationalist, Nathuram Godse

Gandhi’s legacy

• 2 October - national holiday in India

• 2 October – „The International Day of Non-

Violence”

• Mahatma Gandhi Prize in India to social

workers, world leaders and citizens

Gandhi’s legacy 2.

• His statues can be

found all over the

world, such as New

York and London

Gandhi’s legacy 3.

• Nominated 5 times to the Nobel Prize

between 1937-1948, but never received it

• He was to receive it in 1948, but he was

killed

Followers and Influence

Martin Luther King

Followers and Influence 2.

Nelson Mandela

Followers and influence 3.

John Lennon

Gandhi’s writings

• Edited several newspapers in English and

Hindi:

Harijan,Indian Opinion, Young India

Gandhi’s writings 2.

An Autobiography or My Experiments

with Truth (1960s)

Gandhi’s writings 3.

The Collected Works of

Mahatma Gandhi

(1960s)

Sources:

• www.wikipedia.com