Mahatma Gandhi

About Him and His Understanding of

Democracy
By: Ayesha, Zaynah and Ayan
 Where is Mahatma Gandhi From?

Porbandar, India
What Work is Mahatma Gandhi Most
Known For?
Gandhi led the campaign for India's independence from the British
which turned out successful and also inspired many civil rights and
freedom movements across the world.
 Interesting facts Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi had moved to South Africa in Mahatma Gandhi was shot on

1893, which he stayed for 21 years, January 30, 1948, at the Birla
and started the Satyagraha Movement* House, New Delhi

* the movement was a nonviolent resistance movement

against the unjust rule of the British against the Indians
 “I understand democracy as
something that gives the weak the
same chances as the strong”

—Mahatma Gandhi
What Message About Democracy is
Being Communicated?
The definition of democracy is a state being ruled by the people, or
governing a state through the will of the people.
The message gandhi’s quote portrays here is that through
democracy, the weak have the same say as the strong, each having
an equal opportunity and chance.
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