ANCIENT INDIAN RHETORICIANS

MAHATMA GANDHI
By Abhra Udvashini Ahmed, 6D, 3437
WHO IS HE?
• Known for using non-
violent resistance against
British rule in India.
• Lawyer
• Anti-colonial nationalist
• Pacifist
• Civil rights activist
• Political Ethicist
HIS EARLY LIFE
Born in Gujarat, India
-- 2 October 1869 – 30 Jan 1948
-- Went to a local school in
Rajkot
-- Born Hindu
-- Grew up in a very religious
family
-- Got married at 13
 HIS ACADEMIC LIFE
• Was an average student
• Went to a primary school in Porbandor
• Studied in Alfred High School in Rajkot
• Joined Samaldas arts college in 1888 in
Bhavnagar but dropped out
• Rejoined higher education and studied law in
England at UCL (University College London)
HIS WORKLIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• Took a job at an Indian Law Firm in South
Africa
• Became an advocate for Indian Rights there
• Led the Champaran and Kheda agitations of
Bihar and Gujarat
• Led the Non-cooperation movement
• Led the Civil Disobedience movement
• Led the Swaraj movement
• Led the Quit-India movement
GANDHI’S PRINCIPLES
• Truth
• Non-violence
• Non-stealing
• Non-possession
• Physical Labour
• Welfare of all
• Peaceful Protest
• Patience
 GANDHI’S CONTRIBUTION TO
RHETORIC
• He gave a lot of speeches, such as his Banaras Hindu
University speech (Feb 4th 1916) , Dandi March Speech
(Mar 11th 1930), Round Table Conference (Nov 30th
1931).
• He inspired many rhetoricians by his use of figurative
speech, pathos (emotional appeal), ethos (ethical
appeal) and logos (appeal to the audience’s sense of
logic).
• Many have claimed they’ve never heard a hint of ego in
his voice when he did speeches.
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