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Gandhi

...hero in the quest for Indian independence from colonial Great Briton. Gandhi is most remembered for his stanch support of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience as a way of overturning oppressive government and making radical changes in India. Although Gandhi died in 1948 the effects of his campaign for Indian independence are still far reaching and it is copied by many others who have also fought against oppression such as Martin Luther King Jr., The Dalia Lama and Nelson Mandela.
Gandhi's beliefs about nonviolence were created at a very young age because his mother was a devoted Hindu who believed deeply in nonviolence. Gandhi eventually was accepted to the University of Bombay in 1887 although his grades were quite poor. He later decided that he would instead attend school in England, which he considered to be "a land of philosophers and poets", upon this decision his mother made him take a vow to observe the Hindu practice of not consuming alcohol or meat. While he was attending the University Collage London he soon began to question his Hindu belief that it is not morally right to eat meat, but he soon found that he couldn't eat meat and ended up staying a vegetarian. Gandhi originally was a vegetarian to placate his mother, but he soon started reading about the morality of eating other living things and found that he agreed with his mother. After Gandhi had this revelation he joined the Vegetarian Society of Great Briton, where he met many of his "Philosophers and Poets" and started to take great interest in all religions. He even went so far as to start a local chapter of the vegetarian society which he soon became head of; this is where Gandhi got his first leadership experience.
Once Gandhi got his degree and passed the British Bar (a test qualifying oneself to practice law), which at that time as also the bar for India due to...

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