Gandhi and Socio-Political Contribution to Indian Politics

Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for various social causes and for achieving Swaraj or self-rule.

Bhupen Goswami born on 26th March, 1970 in Jorhat, Assam. He is a renowned Sociologist and Feminist Scholar. He has been Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. He completed his bachelor's and Master's degrees from Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam. He is an Independent Researcher. He is Member of Editorial Board, Associate Editor & Chief Editor for many National and International Journals. His areas of interest revolve around Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, Qualitative Research and Development Studies.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat. His father was the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar; his deeply religious mother was a devoted practitioner of Vaishnavism (worship of the Hindu god Vishnu), influenced by Jainism, an ascetic religion governed by tenets of self-discipline and nonviolence. At the age of 19, Mohandas left home to study law in London at the Inner Temple, one of the city's four law colleges. Upon returning to India in mid-1891, he set up a law practice in Bombay, but met with little success. He soon accepted a position with an Indian firm that sent him to its office in South Africa. Along with his wife, Kasturbai, and their children, Gandhi remained in South Africa for nearly 20 years.

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