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Mohandas Gandhi, Whom most people know as Mahatma, meaning “Great
Soul,” is one of the most prevalent images in the minds of those who think about great
leaders, in the movement for human rights and non-violence. However, not much is
known about his life as a child and his achievements in the early twentieth century. All
the staging grounds in Gandhi’s stance towards non violence, human rights, and peace
took place in the years leading up to the twentieth century and the first decade after.
Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India on October 2, 1869. His family, which
consisted of two brothers and one sister lived a rather good life. Gandhi’s’ father,
Karamanchand Gandhi, was a government official for the state of Porbandar. His mother
could neither read nor write, but was very religious and was known to go on extended
fasts. Gandhi’s mother affected her young son at a very young age. In the state that
Gandhi lived there were over......

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