Mohandas Gandhi

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schooling to help plead for Indian
settlers in South Africa that were being oppressed by the white population.
His personal experiences, including being ejected from a train in
Maritzburg, of not being allowed the same rights as others lead him to
begin a movement to help his people.

While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he could identify
with his the peasants. He then proceeded to start a colony that consisted
of abused labourers. The colony became very large and many cities were
crippled by the lack of labourers. The government reacted to this by
jailing Gandhi several times along with many other of his followers. The
war he fought was one without weapons, already Gandhi was on his way to
starting his career of non-violent campaigns.

The main idea behind Gandhi's teachings was non-violence. The words of the
Sanskrit language: ahinsa and sayagraha clearly express Gandhi's beliefs.
The former means non-killing, non-destructive and the latter means the
force of ...

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part of that caste. He also upheld
the old Hindu tradition of segregation of castes, indicating that,
"Interdining and intermarraige have never been a bar to disunion, quarrels
or worse." According to Hinduism, the caste system lies in respect for one
another's individuality.

Gandhi is well known for his efforts in fighting imperliasm in India and
South Africa. His methods were, unique in that they did not involve the use
of weapons.

During the South African War of 1899-1902 and during the Zulu rebellion in
1906, Gandhi organised an ambulance corps consisting of Indians to help the
British fight. He believed that duty dictated that the Indian population
had a responsibity to help the ...

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