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Friend or Foe?. By: Chintan, Roshni, Nilu, Bindi. Gandhi –The Great. Lech Walendsa. Mother Theresa. Indira Ghandi. Bappu. Mohandas. Martin Luther King Jr. Father. Nelson Mandela. Mahatma. Gandhi’s Interests. Gandhi had many interests He loved to spin Made spinning an icon for India
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Friend or Foe? By: Chintan, Roshni, Nilu,Bindi
Gandhi –The Great Lech Walendsa Mother Theresa Indira Ghandi Bappu Mohandas Martin Luther King Jr Father Nelson Mandela Mahatma
Gandhi’s Interests • Gandhi had many interests • He loved to spin • Made spinning an icon for India • Declared every person spin little bit a day • Lived simple life • Vegetarian • fasts
Accomplishments • Led strikes/protests until British granted freedom • Father of the country • Nonviolence = satyagraha • Set standards x434598 others • Worked to improve conditions of Untouchables (he called them harijans or 'Children of God')
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma Gandhi
Nathuram Godse Gandhi’s Assassins
Who is Nathuram Godse? • Gandhi-Ji’s Assassin… • Devotional Brahmin family • Joined anti-caste movements and maintained that all Hindus were of equal status as to rights, • Pro-Gandhi to an extent… “As to my mind these two ideologies have contributed more to the molding of the thought and action of the Indian people during the last thirty years or so, than any other single factor has done.”
Two hundred and fifty thousand Hindus were killed in Noakhali in October 1946. Hindu women were forced to remove their sindhoor and do Muslim rituals. And Gandhi said, 'Hindus must bow their heads if Muslims want to kill them. We should follow the principle of ahimsa (non-violence).'
"Gandhi systematically fooled the people by saying, 'I'll accept the Partition of the country over my dead body.' But still he partitioned India. So we killed him..."
Some History… :[ • Indian Independence: August 15, 1947 • Indian/Pakistan Partition: 1947 • Gandhi Ji’s Death: Jan. 30, 1948 *No, Pakistan did not gain freedom one day before India, after the partition, Pakistan choose to celebrate Independence on August 14, even though they really gained freedom on August 15.
Train to Pakistan “The fact is, both sides killed.” An estimated one million people were killed during the partition, and more than 10 million fled their homes: Hindus and Sikhs pouring into India, Muslims heading in the other direction, to Pakistan.
Our conclusion: • We believe that Nathuram killed Gandhi Ji because he went against his word about the Indian partition. • Nathuram believed that Gandhi was teaching Hindus not to stand up and fight when he said“'Hindus must bow their heads if Muslims want to kill them.”He believed that ahimsa was the reason why so many Hindus were killed.
So What…? • Was Gandhi good or bad, • Nobody is going to win, there is no correct answer.