Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.
I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.
Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.
Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?
My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."
The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.
My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.
The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.
That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.
The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.
Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.