MAHATMA GANDHI (1869–1948)

The Political and Spiritual Leader

By Elizabeth Dianderas

● Born in Porbandar, a town in Gujarat, West India on October 2nd 1869, in a Hindu family.

● At the age of 13 he was married to Kasturba Makhanji, a girl also aged 13.

● In 1888, he travelled to England to study law.

● In 1893, he went to South Africa for work, and stayed for 21 years.

History/backgroud

● Civil rights movement in South Africa.

● Satyagraha ('devotion to truth'), resistance to tyranny through mass nonviolent civil disobedience.

● In 1915, Gandhi returned to India.

● In 1947, Independence of India was achieved.

Challences & Obstacles

Leaders inspired by Gandhi

● Martin Luther King● James Lawson

● Nelson Mandela

Effect on the economy

● Economic principle of self-suficiency

● Consumption of Indian products over imports.

Leadership strategies

● Faith-in self● Persistence and

resistance● Focus on the

present

References

Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind (1972). "Gandhi and History". History and Theory 11 (2): 214–25. doi:10.2307/2504587. JSTOR 2504587

Gupta, A (2008). Gandhi and exemplar leader. Practical Management. Retrieved from http://www.practical-management.com/leadership-development/gandhi-an-exemplary-leader.html

Lal, V (2012) Manas: History and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved from https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html

"Mahatma Gandhi" (2012). HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mahatma_gandhi.htm

References

Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind (1972). "Gandhi and History". History and Theory 11 (2): 214–25. doi:10.2307/2504587. JSTOR 2504587

Gupta, A (2008). Gandhi and exemplar leader. Practical Management. Retrieved from http://www.practical-management.com/leadership-development/gandhi-an-exemplary-leader.html

Lal, V (2012) Manas: History and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi. University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved from https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html

"Mahatma Gandhi" (2012). HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mahatma_gandhi.htm