2011 Gandhi pt2

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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