Last updated on:
11/10/2008 |
Author: ProCon.org
Mahatma Gandhi, LLB Biography
- Title:
- Leader of the Indian Independence Movement
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“By birth I am a Vaishnavite [a follower of Vishnu], and was taught Ahimsa in my childhood… In its negative form, it [Ahimsa] means not injuring any living being, whether by body or mind. I may not therefore hurt the person of any wrong-doer, or bear any ill will to him and so cause him mental suffering.”
Letter in the Modern Review, Oct. 16, 1916
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Leader, campaign for Indian independence from British colonial rule
- Leader, Quit India Movement, 1942
- Leader, Salt Satyagraha (non-violent protest of British salt tax), 1930
- Presided over the Belgaum Congress, Dec. 1924
- Started 21 day fast for Hindu-Muslim unity, Sep. 17, 1924
- Founder, Satyagraha Ashram, 1915
- Founder and Editor, Indian Opinion, 1904
- Founder, Transvaal British India Association, 1903
- Joined Ambulance Corps during Boer War, Oct. 17, 1899
- Founder, Natal Indian Congress, Aug. 22, 1894
- Lawyer, South Africa, 1893
- Admitted to the British bar, 1891
- Education:
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- LLB, University College, London
- Other:
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- Born Oct. 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India; died Jan. 30, 1948
- Known as “Father of the Nation” of India
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