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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was one of the greatest political minds of the twentieth century and his principles and actions have inspired countless generations. ...
Part of Gandhi’s greatness was that he was an original thinker and ingenious idealist. Gandhi had theories on everything from hygiene and nutrition to education and labor, but his legacy is in his concept of non-violence. ... Gandhi’s greatness and originality lay, however, in the way he used them so they were applicable as policies for action and reform. ... Before Gandhi, non-violence was never used as a political concept. Indians, before Gandhi’s arrival had, for example, taken part in aggressive uprisings against British colonial rule only to be put down with harsh military action; such as the 1857 Mutiny that lead to the massacre of many Indian army conscripts. ... Gandhi was thus the first to pioneer the concept of using non-violence as a means of political and social reform and to create an ideology, Satyagraha, based around its principles. “Indeed, his inspirational and original concept of Satyagraha forever installed Gandhi as one of the world’s greatest idealists. ... 24]
Mahatma Gandhi not only was a great thinker, but he had the ability to intelligently and strategically apply his ideas to accomplish his goals. ... Having spent some time in South Africa where he pioneered his ideas of non violence, Gandhi returned to India in 1915 to stir up the movement against British rule.
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