,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ceg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #bf1 #bjai ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,warner1 and ,mr4     
,cornyn7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,celebrating the #aejth   
anniversary of the birth of ,mahatma    
,gandhi4  ,whereas ,mohandas ,karamchand
 ,gandhi was born on ,october #b1 #ahfi1
 in the modern-day state of ,gujarat1   
,india1 and ,october #b1 #bjai1         
represents the #aejth anniversary of his
 birth2 ,whereas1 following his         
admission as a lawyer to the bar in     
,england1 ,mohandas ,gandhi moved to    
,south ,africa1 where he experienced    
state-sanctioned racial discrimination  
firsthand2 ,whereas that experience     
motivated ,mohandas ,gandhi to develop  
and teach the concept of satyagraha1    
meaning truth-force1 which involves     
using methods of nonviolent dissent such

 as civil disobedience in the face of   
injustice2 ,whereas ,mohandas ,gandhi   
would spend nearly #bj years in ,south  
,africa using the principles of         
satyagraha to speak out and organize    
against the injustices of racial        
segregation2 ,whereas1 in #aiai1 several
 years after his return to ,india1      
,mohandas ,gandhi called for a campaign 
of satyagraha in response to ,british   
authorities issuing the ,rowlatt ,acts2 
,whereas ,mohandas ,gandhi began a      
decades-long movement of nonviolent     
dissent to gain self-rule for ,india1   
including campaigns to boycott ,british 
goods and develop the economic          
independence of ,india2 ,whereas        
,mohandas ,gandhi persisted in his      
advocacy for self-rule for ,india       
despite multiple arrests2 ,whereas      
,mohandas ,gandhi advocated for the     
rights of the lowest classes in ,india1 
whom he renamed the ,harijans1 or       
children of ,god1 and thereby spurred   
reforms that improved the legal status  

of those individuals2 ,whereas the      
vision of ,mohandas ,gandhi for ,india  
was of a secular and pluralistic home   
for people of different religions and   
backgrounds2 ,whereas the followers of  
,mohandas ,gandhi named him ,mahatma1   
meaning great soul in ,sanskrit2        
,whereas the nonviolent dissent movement
 started by ,mahatma ,gandhi resulted in
 ,india gaining its independence from   
the ,british ,empire2 ,whereas the      
principles of satyagraha inspired civil 
rights leaders and movements around the 
world1 including ,dr4 ,martin ,luther   
,king1 ,jr41 in the ,united ,states2    
,whereas ,dr4 ,martin ,luther ,king1    
,jr41 said that the philosophy of       
nonviolent dissent of ,mahatma ,gandhi  
is the only morally and practically     
sound method open to oppressed people in
 their struggle for freedom2 and        
,whereas the teachings and work of      
,mahatma ,gandhi and ,dr4 ,martin       
,luther ,king1 ,jr41 continue to inspire
 countless people worldwide3 ,now1      

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 celebrates the #aejth anniversary  
of the birth of ,mahatma ,gandhi2  7#b7 
honors the accomplishments of ,mahatma  
,gandhi and the impact of his philosophy
 of satyagraha1 including its influence 
on civil rights leader ,dr4 ,martin     
,luther ,king1 ,jr41 and on the civil   
rights movement in the ,united ,states2 
7#c7 recognizes that the principles of  
nonviolent dissent in the face of       
injustice remain relevant and necessary 
today2 and  7#d7 continues to champion  
the principles of peaceful protest and  
nonviolent dissent advanced by ,mahatma 
,gandhi and ,dr4 ,martin ,luther ,king1 
,jr4