THE LIFE OF GANDHI

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THE LIFE OF GANDHI

• BY AMEL BEGIC
• CAPUCHIN HIGH SCHOOL
• MR. HINMAN

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• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October
  2, 1869 in Gujarat, India.
• He was educated in law at University College,
  London.

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• In 1891, after having been admitted to the
  British bar, Gandhi returned to India and
  attempted to establish a law practice in Bombay.

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• Two years later, an Indian firm retained him as a
  legal adviser in its office in Durban.
• In Durban, Gandhi was treated as a member of an
  inferior race.

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• He wanted to change the elementary rights for
  Indian immigrants in South Africa.

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• Gandhi remained in South Africa for 20 years,
  where he experienced imprisonment many times.

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• In 1896, after being attacked and beaten by white
  South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy of
  passive resistance.

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• Part of Gandhis inspiration comes from the
  Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, whom Gandhi admired
  very much.

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• During the Boer War, Gandhi organized an
  ambulance corps for the British army and
  commanded a Red Cross unit.

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• In 1910, he founded a cooperative colony for
  Indians called Tolstoy Farm. It was located near
  Durban.

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• In 1914 the government of the Union of South
  Africa made important concessions to Gandhis
  demands, including recognition of Indian
  marriages and abolition of the poll tax.

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• Gandhi arrived back in Bombay, India in 1915.
• Europe has already fallen into World War I by
  this time.

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• He became the leader of the Indian campaign for
  home rule.
• Following WWI, he launched his movement of
  non-violent resistance to Great Britain.

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• In 1919, Parliament passed the Rowlatt Acts,
  which gave the Indian colonial authorities
  emergency powers to deal with revolutionary
  activities.

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• Gandhis teachings spread throughout India,
  gaining millions of followers.

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• Activities against the Rowlatt Acts resulted in a
  massacre of Indians at Amritsar by British
  soldiers.
• There were 1,516 casualties.

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• Mayhem ruled the streets of India.
• Gandhi was arrested, but the British were soon
  forced to release him.

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• Economic independence for India, involving the
  complete boycott of British goods, was made of
  Gandhis self-ruling movement.

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• Gandhi lived a spiritual and ascetic life of
  prayer, fasting and meditation.
• He wore the clothes of the lowliest Indian.

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• Indians saw him as a saint and began calling him
  Mahatma (Great-soul).
• He thought that by using non-violence, Britain
  would also consider violence useless.

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• In 1921, the Indian National Congress gave Gandhi
  complete executive authority.

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• Series of armed revolts broke out against Great
  Britain, and Gandhi ended the campaign of the
  civil-disobedience.

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• The British government again imprisoned Gandhi in
  1922.
• After he was released in 1924, he tried to stay
  away from active politics, but he couldnt.

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• In 1930, Gandhi founded a new campaign which
  called upon the Indian population to refuse to
  pay taxes, particularly the tax on salt.

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• The campaign was a march, in which thousands of
  Indians followed Gandhi from Ahmedabad to the
  Arabian Sea.

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• He was arrested once more, but released in 1931.
• In the same year Gandhi represented the Indian
  National Congress at a conference in London.

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• While imprisoned, Gandhi undertook a fast unto
  death to improve the status of the Untouchables
  in 1932.

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• Although he was a member of the merchant caste,
  Gandhi was dedicated to stop the unjust caste
  system in india.

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• Gandhi formally resigned from politics in 1934
  after being replaced as a leader of the Congress
  by Jawaharlal Nehru.

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• In 1939, Gandhi again returned to active
  political life because of the pending federation
  of Indian principalities with the rest of India.

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• His first action was a fast which would improve
  the rule of the state of Rajkot.

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• The public upset caused by the fast was so big
  that the government had to meet the demands.

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• By 1944, the British government has agreed to
  independence if the two religious groups resolve
  their differences.

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• India and Pakistan became separate countries
  after the British agreed to independence in 1947.

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• Gandhi took on another successful fast in New
  Delhi to bring peace.

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• Gandhi was assassinated on January 30th, 1948 by
  a Hindu.