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1914–2008 India: Social worker, known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy 6 2000 Nelson Mandela [2] 1918–2013 South Africa: Former President of South Africa [2] Grameen Bank: est. 1983 Bangladesh: Founded by Muhammad Yunus: 7 2001 John Hume [1] [2] 1937–2020 Ireland
A series of nationwide people's movements of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience, led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) and the Indian National Congress. In addition to bringing about independence, Gandhi's nonviolence also helped improve the status of the Untouchables in Indian society. [citation needed] 1929-1946 Pakistan
In 1946, the SAIC, with Mahatma Gandhi's support, resolved to protest the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act, which it nicknamed the Ghetto Act. [3] The NIC and TIC each established ad hoc committees – the NIC in March and the TIC in April – which organised a campaign of passive resistance against the law. [4]
The TIC was generally a moderate organisation in its formative years. It was active in passive resistance campaigns organised by Mahatma Gandhi in 1908 and 1913, but at other times relied largely, like the NIC, on the moderate methods of petitions and deputations to authorities. [1]
Indian Opinion. The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.The publication was an important tool for the political movement led by Gandhi and the Natal Indian Congress to fight racial discrimination and again civil rights for the Indian community and the native Africans in South Africa.
Maganlal Gandhi, grandson of an uncle of Mahatma Gandhi, came up with the word "Sadagraha" and won the prize. Subsequently, to make it clearer, Gandhi changed it to Satyagraha . "Satyagraha" is a tatpuruṣa compound of the Sanskrit words satya (meaning "truth") and āgraha ("polite insistence", or "holding firmly to").
The Natal Indian Congress (NIC) was a political organisation established in 1894 to fight discrimination against Indians in the Natal Colony, and later the Natal Province, of South Africa. Founded by Mahatma Gandhi, it later served an important role in opposing apartheid. It was the oldest affiliate of the South African Indian Congress.
In April 1893, Gandhi, aged 23, set sail for South Africa to be the lawyer for Abdullah's cousin. [52] [53] Gandhi spent 21 years in South Africa where he developed his political views, ethics, and politics. [54] [55] During this time Gandhi briefly returned to India in 1902 to mobilise support for the welfare of Indians in South Africa. [56]