Gandhi

Author: Zhang Xiande
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is a biographical read. It vividly records the life of Mahatma Gandhi, a leader of the Indian independence movement. In the era of Gandhi's birth, India was under British colonial rule. The oppression and racial discrimination by the colonizers caused immense suffering to the people. Gandhi witnessed all this and resolved to fight for the liberation and independence of his nation. He proposed the slogan of "nonviolent resistance" and led the Indian people in the "nonviolent non-cooperation movement" against the British colonial government. Eventually, India broke free from British colonial rule and achieved independence. Gandhi is revered by the Indian people as the Father of the Nation. The "nonviolent resistance" philosophy he advocated has also had a profound impact on the world.