Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Early Life/Background Info

Born in Porbandar, India Date of Birth, October 2, 1869 Father was Diwan(Prime Minister) of Porbander Porbander was a small state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India

Life As a Teenager
Married Kasturbai Makhanji at the age of 13, Kasturbai Makhanji was 14 at that time Kasturbai Makhanji was 14 at that time This was an arranged child marriage Had 4 sons with Kasturbai Makhanji

Education
Average student in school Went to England in 1888 to study law at University of London Also learned to become a barrister Barristers are special kinds of lawyers that have more direct contact with clients

Gandhi's leadership style is being termed as 'follower-centric' and one that took into account existing conditions before determining the strategy. Gandhi ji advocated having leadership styles that were dependent on the circumstances. When Gandhi was in South Africa, he launched his protests in a suit and a tie. But when he came back to India, he thought of khadi and launched nonviolent protests on a greater scale, It shows that Gandhi jis leadership style was situational leadership style.

Flexibility (triats)
Gandhi always told that if two of his sentences contradicted each other, please accept the second one and forget the first one. This reflects learning and growth mindset anticipation of followers needs rigid consistency was NOT one of his traits

Sensitive to others
Be quick, be brief, be gone! Personal meetings with Gandhi were very short. However Gandhi made people feel as if they were the only person in the world that Gandhi would have liked to talk at that time

Integrity
Gandhi was not a good orator, but people followed him because he practiced the principles of truth and non-violence in his life first and proved that any ordinary man can follow his path of truth and nonviolence and then inspired others to follow these principles

Letter to Hitler,

Locus of control
As you grow in self awareness, you will better understand why you feel what you feel and why you behave as you behave. Self discipline is the training of your mind to control, perceived harmful, urges until a satisfactory solution has been sought

Sensitivity
A leader with vision has a clear, vivid picture of where to go, and a firm grip on what success looks like and how to achieve it. Leader must share the vision and act upon it. He must communicate it clearly and passionately.

Self Confidence
Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader. He had chosen the path of non-violence for himself and his followers.

Types of power
Gandhi has personal power-derived from the follower based on leader's behavior

Mahatma Gandhi's decision of breaking salt law at Dandi would have been a stupid act in normal circumstances. But he decided to travel from Ahmebad to Dandi, covering 830 kms on his feet and in the process, delivered number of speeches. This enlightened the people and they followed him. As a result of his move, Dandi Yatra became the symbol of freedom struggle. In the history 5000 years of India, no other leader has been able to motivate the masses in a way which was made possible by Mahatma Gandhi
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Politics of Gandhi
Gandhi employed non-cooperation, non-violence and peaceful resistance as his "weapons" in the struggle against British. In Punjab, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of civilians by British troops (also known as the Amritsar Massacre) caused deep trauma to the nation, leading to increased public anger and acts of violence. Gandhi criticized both the actions of the British Raj and the retaliatory violence of Indians. When he was arrested, he continued his non-violent protest through hunger strikes.

Gandhi takes a Leadership role

Gandhi preaching a group of people

Gandhi in a train interacting with his followers

Value based Politics

Had strong spiritual and moral values. People were taught to support truth. Tolerance on others. From the struggle for freedom to struggle for truth. Called of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru work to prepare for independence.

Gandhi-Nehru in a happy mood

Gandhi and Nehru on serious discussions for attaining independence to India

Resistance Against Britain

Gandhi

called off campaign in 1922 out of fear of violence erupting Gandhi was arrested on March 10, 1922 and tried for sedition Sentenced to six years in jail Released for an appendicitis operation after 2 years

Independence

When the moment of freedom came, on 15 August 1947, Gandhi was nowhere to be seen in the capital, though Nehru and the entire Constituent Assembly were to salute him as the architect of Indian independence, as the 'father of the nation

People Influenced by Gandhi

Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Lawson were influenced by Gandhi Albert Einstein exchanged written letters with Gandhi in 1931 Former vice-president Al Gore was influenced by Gandhi Also, current president Barack Obama says Gandhi is a major influence on his life

Gandhi in Modern Culture

Gandhi was a film in 1982 Gandhi is the main theme in the 2006 Bollywood film, Lage Raho Munna Bhai The 2007 film, Gandhi, My Father tells about the relationship between Gandhi and Harilal The 1996 film, The Making of the Mahatma documents Gandhis twenty-one years in South Africa