MAHATMA Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Gandhi’s spiritual influences and ideas gave inspiration to people and political leaders all over the world.
Two of the people that were majorly influenced by Gandhi were Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela.
King was one of the many leaders who was inspired by Gandhi. He put Gandhi’s ideas of nonviolent direct actions in larger framework of Christianity, declaring that “Christ showed us the way and Gandhi in India showed it could work”. King considered Gandhi to be” the greatest Christian of the modern world” (23 June 1962) and was inspired by Gandhi’s achievements.
Two of the people that were majorly influenced by Gandhi were Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela.
King was one of the many leaders who was inspired by Gandhi. He put Gandhi’s ideas of nonviolent direct actions in larger framework of Christianity, declaring that “Christ showed us the way and Gandhi in India showed it could work”. King considered Gandhi to be” the greatest Christian of the modern world” (23 June 1962) and was inspired by Gandhi’s achievements.
Nelson Mandela wrote an inspirational article for the 3rd of July 2000 issue of TIME magazine. He wrote about one of his teachers...Gandhi and some of the ways Gandhi influenced him.
Nelson Mandela wrote this article on the influence Gandhi gave him.