Gandhi

Gandhi In the twentieth century Gandhi stimulated fresh expressions of Hinduism in independent India. Gandhi was a Hindu leader who was against the British government, served time in British jails, and in 1947 became one of the leaders of a new India where Hinduism is still the dominant religion. Gandhi studied in Britain and practiced law in South Africa. He was keenly aware of the injustices imposed by the British, and of the the injustices imposed …

…sword, he had nothing to offer his opposition but love. He lived in expectation that in some future life he would be able to hug all humanity as friends.” Gandhi’s spiritual approach was influential in moving the British government to grant independence to India in 1947. Gandhi influenced such people as Martin Luther King, Jr. with his nonviolent resistance methods, which won recognition of the Civil Rights movement of African-American people in the United States.