GANDHI
Gandhi Part 2
Important Events in Movie and Gandhi’s Life
• 1919 - Amritsar Massacreo Carried out by British General Dyer
In the city of Amritsar, Indians of all types met to peacefully discuss the violation of Indian civil rights under British law.
The Golden Temple of the Sikhs in the city of Amritsar
Hundreds were killed and thousands were injured as a result of General Dyer’s action
1920-Homespun Movement
Gandhi found time to spin and make cloth as an example to the Indian people
Explain Gandhi’s quote in Study Guide Packet
Gandhi calls for the Boycott of British Made Cloth
• What was the wearing of homespun garments a symbol of for Indians supporting Gandhi?
• “English factories make the cloth that makes our poverty.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” Dr. ML King, Jr.
1929 - 1968
First, it is not based on cowardice; although it may seem passive physically, it is spiritually active,
requiring the courage to stand up against injustice.
Dr. M L King, Jr., on Nonviolence
“Letter From a Birmingham Jail”
Second, Nonviolence does not seek to defeat the opponent but rather to win his understanding.
Dr. M L King, Jr., on Nonviolence
SATYAGRAHA
Third, the attack is directed at the evil not at the people who are doing the evil; for King the conflict was not between whites and blacks but between justice and
injustice.
Dr. M L King, Jr., on Nonviolence
Fourth, in nonviolence there is a willingness to accept suffering without retaliating.
Fifth, not only is physical violence avoided but
also spiritual violence; love replaces hatred.
Dr. M L King, Jr., on Nonviolence
Sixth, nonviolence has faith that justice will prevail.
Important Events (continued)
1930 - Salt March • Protest against British control & production of salt
Be Able to discuss the following Gandhi Quotes. . .
• On his march to the sea, Gandhi says that “we, not the British, are in control.”
• What does Gandhi say is the function of a “Civil Resister”?
Gandhi leads the people on the Great Salt
March
• Great Salt Marcho 1930o 241 Miles to Seao 24 Dayso Video
• Dharasana Salt Factory “BeatDown”
Tushar A. Gandhi standing outside the Dharasana Salt Satyagrah Memorial. “My Grandfather Manilal Gandhi participated in the raid on the Dharasana Salt Depot, he was hit on the head by the Colonial Police and remained unconcious for two days. He might have fallen at the same stop where I stand.”
Important People in Movie
• Muhammad Ali Jinnaho Leader of the Muslimso Eventually wants a country (Pakistan) for the
Muslims.
• Jawaharlal Nehruo Gandhi’s “right hand man” o India’s 1st Prime Minister
Nehru on left
“There can be no inward peace without true knowledge.” MK Gandhi
WWII Events• India Would Support Allies vs Japan if….
o British Colonial Rule ended immediately - -o Result??? NO!!! - “Quit India” Campaign
-Imprisoned in 1942 -- 1945 for Non-Cooperation
"The allies have no moral cause for which they are fighting, so long as they are carrying this double sin on their shoulders, the sin of India's subjection and the subjection of the Negroes and African races," Gandhi argued.
Gandhi’s Beliefs about England and America during WWII
Gandhi and the last British Viceroy of India
Lord Mountbatten and his wife with Gandhi. Gandhi wanted the British to leave India as friends.
Eyewitness to Assassination
Gandhi’s Final Footsteps and the Memorial Marking the site of his Assassination
Gandhi’s Funeral Pyre
Formerly - East Pakistan until 1971
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