Sir john eliot biography of mahatma

Vinay Lal

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on 2 October He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser or prime minister to the local ruler. Though India was then under British rule, over kingdoms, principali
ties, and states were allowed autonomy in domestic and internal affairs: these were the so-called &#;native states&#;. Rajkot was one such state.
Gandhi later recorded the early years of his life in his extraordinary autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. His father died before Gandhi could finish his schooling, and at thirteen he was married to Kasturba [or Kasturbai], who was of the same age as Mohandas himself . In Gandhi set sail for England, where he had decided to pursue a degree in law. Though his elders objected, Gandhi could not be prevented from leaving; and it is said that his mother, a devout woman, made him promise that he would ke

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Eliot and Dowson&#;s History of India

Eliot and Dowson’s History of India

by Naveen Kanalu Ramamurthy

 

Henry Miers Elliot and John Dowson, The History of India as Told bygd Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period. Edited from the posthumous papers of the late Sir H. M. Elliot, K.C.B., East India Company’s Bengal Civil Service, by John Dowson, M.R.A.S. Volumes I-VIII, London: Trübner & Co., –

 

The History of India, as told by its own Historians. The Muhammadan Period is an eight-volume compendium of English translations of tarikhs or tawarikhs, (historical accounts or chronicles composed in Arabic and Persian during the rule of Islamicate empires in parts of present-day South Asia from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries) compiled by the mid-nineteenth century British colonial officer, Sir Henry Miers Elliot (– CE). Elliot, a civil servant with the English East India Company, began his career as assistant to the magistrate and collector of Bar

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Brief Intro:

Full name- Mohan Das Karam Chandra Gandhi

Birth Date & place- 2 October in the Kathiawar Peninsula village in Porbandar, Gujarat

Death date & place- 30th January , Central Delhi (in Birla house)

Parent's name- Karam Chand Uttam Chand Gandhi and Putli bai

Occupation- Leader, Social activist, and lawyer

Spouse name- Kasturba Gandhi (Baa)

Children name- Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas & Devdas Gandhi

Popular names & nicknames- Bapu, Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, etc.

About

Father of Nation, popular as "Mahatma Gandhi," originally known as Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi was a leader, lawyer, and a great social activist. He was not only a great socialist who played an amazing role as a leader in the Independence of India but also a leader who always supported nonviolence and organized Satyagrah protests against British rule; he and thousands of Indians supported his non-violent a