Social Vision of Mahatma Gandhi

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.

Amrita Bora born on 29th September, 1970 in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She is a renowned Sociologist and feminist scholar. She has been Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. She completed her bachelor's and Master's degrees from Gauhati University, Guwahati, India and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Bodoland University, Guwahati, Assam. She is Professor of Sociology. Her major areas of interest are sociological theory and the sociology of consumption. She has written so much on sociology, anthropology, political science, women studies, geography, environment, literature, economics etc.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar, in the present-day Indian State of Gujarat. His father was the dewan 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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