Books

  1. Dr. J. G.

    Dr. J. G. edited the description of The Life of Mahatma Gandhi Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

    • This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a loner crazed by the harrowing tales of refugees, only a few months after partition which accompanied independence, along with the separated part Pakistan attacking India, demanding share of treasury and refusing to share debts, while Gandhi insisted (and was followed) in his wish that those demands be met, attacks by Pakistan continuing nevertheless.nevertheless. Pakistan had incidentally refused to allow Gandhi to enter the new country for a peace tour to attempt to stop the massacres, declaring the government of Pakistan could not guarantee security of Gandhi's life if he visited, since the Muslim League (- which carried out a massacre of a few thousand with knives in Calcutta in 1946 on a day named Action Day by Jinnah before Gandhi broke and agreed to the demand of partition of India into a separate nation for Muslims) called Gandhi a "Hindu leader".

    ( see Dr. J. G.’s edits | report abuse )
  2. Dr. J. G.

    Dr. J. G. edited the description of The Life of Mahatma Gandhi Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

    • This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a loner crazed by the harrowing tales of refugees, only a few months after independencepartition which accompanied independence, along with the separated part Pakistan attacking India, demanding share of treasury and refusing to share debts, while Gandhi insisted (and was achieved.followed) in his wish that those demands be met, attacks by Pakistan continuing nevertheless.

    ( see Dr. J. G.’s edits | report abuse )
  3. Dr. J. G.

    Dr. J. G. edited the description of The Life of Mahatma Gandhi Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

    • This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a Hindu fanaticloner crazed by the harrowing tales of refugees, only a few months after independence was achieved.

    ( see Dr. J. G.’s edits | report abuse )
  4. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the description of The Life of Mahatma Gandhi Sunday, November 8, 2009.

    • This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic only a few months after independence was achieved.

    ( )
displaying 1-4 edits