Gandhi's Contribution to Society and India When we talked about contribution to society and to India.

The person who will he ad the list of people for their contribution to India it will be none other than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Not only because he is the Father of the Nation but his immense contribution to the country not just in terms of struggle for freed om, but his ideologies and thoughts which changed the map of India. When he took the charge of Indian National Congress it was a turning point in its history du e to his enormous following, his spiritual powers and his non-violent means of f ighting. Gandhi introduced the concept of Satyagraha. This appealed to the ordin ary masses that were largely devout and religious. Gandhi adhered to a strictly non-violent protest. No matter what happened he never diverted from his ideologi es and every time he was successful. Gandhi always followed the path of non-viol ence or Ahimsa. His tactic of passive resistance or Satyagraha was his weapon to fight against the British rule. Swaraj for Gandhi meant self-rule, as much a mo ral and personal ethic, the self-rule of an individual over his own impulses and weaknesses, as the political objective of a people struggling rightfully to be free - an ambiguity which Gandhi was repeatedly to exploit during his Non-cooper ation and Civil Disobedience Movements. Gandhi and his ideologies were quite successful among the ordinary masses. His p lanned to win leadership of those organizations, fitted his grand purpose, the a chievement of Swaraj. Gandhi made very valuable contribution, firstly, to frame the worldly agenda within the parameters of the Indian cultural tradition, and s ubscribed to the motto of Sarva dharma sambhava i.e. equal respect for all relig ions. Secondly, he gave an indigenous content to the concept of nationhood, argu ing that it was the common heritage of a highly pluralistic, multicultural civil isation, which provided the necessary clue to hold the Indian people together, a s against the Western concept of 'nations' being one race, one religion and one language. He always believed in the idea of 'unity' in diversity. All his life h e battled against the cult of violence and war; against cruelty of man to man; a gainst industrialism and domination of man by machine; inequality and discrimina tion. His fight to give equal rights to each and every person of the society irr espective of which strata they belong made him immortal among us. He tried to at tained moksha by service to mankind. Gandhi portrays a multi-faceted moral and s piritual messiah. His tireless endeavor to make people understand the basic happ iness of life is to be happy with whatever you have, thus showing the only way t o save the world. In addition the largest thing Gandhi is well known for throughout the world are his contributions to society. He strongly believed that his Indian people deser ved equal rights and better living conditions. All of his revolutions and moveme nts were contributions to society. Gandhi's focus in life was on politics, and p olitics are straightly related to the society. The largest of his contributions was the Indian independence. By himself, he started a movement with thousands of followers using non-violent tactics. He led the movement for years and constant ly faced challenges from the government until finally receiving independence fro m the British. Gandhi portrays the perfect example of how one little person can make such a difference in the society and even the world. A country gaining inde pendence from another country's rule is huge, and Gandhi is individually credite d for that. He started out as a normal shy little kid that went through to study law where he learned a great deal about politics. He decided that he didn't lik e what he was seeing and he wasn't going to stand around and watch like everyone else so he did the best he could to make a difference. And that turned into so much more than he probably expected when he first started. Today, he is still re cognized for the difference he made. His contribution to society still remains b ecause of his impact on the world. Indians are still respected more than what th ey had before, and they are still independent. His movements and famous quotes s till inspire equality and justice in the world today. Another massive contributi on that remains today is from his non-violence tactics. He showed us that you ca n achieve your goals in life without violence, and that violence is never the an swer. These things inspire millions today and i know this because they inspired

me. You can't just sum up his contributions to society as what he accomplished i n his lifetime, because it's so much bigger than that. A perfect example of Gand hi's accomplishments influencing others to stand up is the famous tank man. It i s said that Gandhi's stand against the government inspired him to do the same. T his unknown man knew that it would lead to prison or death. His little action of standing in front of the tanks was talked about all around the world, just as G andhi's accomplishments are. Gandhi isn't famous for his contribution to the Hin du religion, he's famous for what he contributed to the Indian society, which af fected the whole world and still does to this day. Ghandi's 11 Vows are a huge contribution to the world as a whole, to India as a country and to all levels of society. They are: Ahimsa - Nonviolence Satya - Truth Asteya - Non Stealing Brahmacharya - Self Discipline Aparigraha - Non-Possession Sharirshrama - Bread Labor Aswada - Control of the Palate Sarvatra Bhayavarjana - Fearlessness Sarva Dharma Samantva - Equality of All Religions Swadeshi - Use Locally Made Goods Sparshbhavana - Remove Untouchability

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