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Charles Freer Andrews (1871 - 1940) was an English priest who admired the philosophy of Mohandas Gandhi and worked with him in the Indian civil rights struggle in South Africa and in the Indian Independence Movement. He was affectionately known as Christ's Faithful Apostle; the Mahatma and his students at St. Stephen's College called him Deenabandhu, or 'Friend of the Poor'. 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ...
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire for complete political independence, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857, reaching its climax with Mahatma Gandhis Quit India Movement (1942-1945), and Subhash Chandra Boses Indian...
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Early life
Charles Andrews was born in Lancaster, England. His father was a minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church in Birmingham, but the family had suffered from a financial misfortune due to the duplicity of a friend, and had to work very hard to make ends meet. This article is about an English city. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001...
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Andrews studied at the King Edward XI school in Birmingham, and began studying Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1896, Andrews became a deacon, and took over the Pembroke College Mission in South London. A year later he became a priest, and became the Vice Principal of the Westcott House Theological College in Cambridge. Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ...
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In India See also: Indian Independence Movement The Indian Independence Movement was a series of revolutions empowered by the people of India put forth to battle the British Empire for complete political independence, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857, reaching its climax with Mahatma Gandhis Quit India Movement (1942-1945), and Subhash Chandra Boses Indian...
Andrews had been involved in the Christian Social Union since college, and was interested in exploring the relationship between a commitment to the gospel and a commitment to justice, through which he was attracted to struggles for justice throughout the British Empire, especially in India. The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU – ) is a conservative Germany. ...
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In 1904 he joined the Cambridge Brotherhood in Delhi and taught philosophy at St. Stephen's College, where he grew close to many of his Indian colleagues and students. Increasingly dismayed by the racist behavior and treatment of Indians by British officials and civilians, he supported Indian political aspirations, and wrote a letter in the Civil and Military Gazette in 1906 voicing these sentiments. Andrews became involved in the Indian National Congress, and in 1913 helped resolve the cotton worker's strike in Madras. St. ...
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Madras refers to: the Indian city of Chennai, formerly known as Madras, the former Indian state, now known as Tamil Nadu (Plural of Madra): Ancient people of Iranian affinites, who lived in northwest Panjab in the Uttarapatha division of ancient India. ...
With Gandhi He was asked by senior Indian political leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale to visit South Africa, to help the Indian community there resolve their political disputes with the Government there. There he met a young Gujarati lawyer, Mohandas Gandhi who was attempting to organize the Natal Indian Congress and the Indian community against racially discriminating, harsh police legislation that tore away their civil liberties. Gopal Krishna Gokhale (गोपाल कृषà¥â€à¤£ गोखले) was born on May 9, 1866, in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. ...
- The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are a Gujarati speaking people of mostly Indo-Aryan origin. ...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ...
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Andrews was deeply impressed with Gandhi's knowledge of Christian values, and his value in ahimsa, non-violence which tallied with Christian anarchism. He helped Gandhi organize the Ashram, and publish The Indian Opinion. Ahimsa is a religious concept which advocates non-violence and a respect for all life. ...
Christian anarchism (also known as Christian libertarianism) is the belief that the only source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable is God, embodied in the teachings of Jesus. ...
Ashrams in ancient India were Hindu hermitages where sages lived in peace and tranquility amidst nature. ...
Andrews returned to India with Gandhi in 1916, but was asked to go to Fiji by him during the Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, to help organize Indian indentured laborers there to fight for civil and economic rights. The first Satyagraha revolutions inspired by Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian Independence Movement occurred in Kheda district of Gujarat and the Champaran district of Bihar between the years of 1918 and 1919. ...
Andrews would return to India later, and continue working closely with Gandhi. He was elected President of the All India Trade Union in 1925 and 1927. He accompanied Gandhi to the Round Table Conference in London, helping him negotiate with the British. First Round Table Conference was held in November 1930 was attended by eighty-nine delegates from different religious, political groups and princely states. ...
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While working for independence for India, Andrews developed a dialogue between Christians and Hindus. He spent a lot of time at Shantiniketan in conversation with the poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. He also supported the movement to ban the ‘untouchability of outcastes’. In 1925, he joined the famous Vaikkom Temple protests, and in 1933, he assisted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in formulating Harijan demands. Santiniketan is a small town in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, and approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). ...
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 or 1892 - December 6, 1956) was the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. ...
In South Asias caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered below them. ...
Later life About this time, Gandhi took Andrews aside and told him that it was probably best for sympathetic Britishers like himself to leave the freedom struggle to the Indians. So from 1935 onwards, Andrews began to spend more time back in Britain, teaching young people all over the country about Christ’s call to radical discipleship. Over time, C.F.Andrews became affectionately known as Christ’s Faithful Apostle.
Charlie Andrews died on April 5th, 1940 during a visit to Calcutta, and is buried there. He is widely commemorated and respected in India, and was a major character portrayed by British actor Ian Charleson in the 1982 film Gandhi by Richard Attenborough. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ...
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See also - Gandhi (1982), Richard Attenborough
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