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Born to Mahatma Gandhi - Nacimiento de Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, in northwestern India. At that time, India was not a free country -
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Childhood and parents - Infancia y padres
His childhood was orderly and calm. His father was a state official and his mother was a strong believer in Hindu traditions.He was very shy -
Arranged marriage - Matrimonio arreglado
At the age of thirteen, he married a young Indian woman of the same age, Kasturba Makharji, and had four children. This link was fixed since they were both children. -
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University studies and trip to South Africa - Estudios universitarios y viaje a Sudáfrica
Gandhi travels to study law at University College London. After obtaining his law degree, he worked for an Indian company based in South Africa. There he realized that whites and the colored population (Africans and Indians) did not have the same rights. -
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Return to India and beginnings of the struggles for human rights - Regreso a India e inicio de las luchas por los derechos humanos
Gandhi returned to India, where he promoted his political and philosophical values. Two major social protests stood out: the Salt March and the vindication of India's independence from the British Empire in World War II (1939-1945). He involved India in the war as a British dependency, along with all the years of non-violent fighting, finally leading to the official independence of India in 1947. -
What did he do for peace? - ¿Qué hizo por la paz?
Gandhi tried to reform Indian society, starting with integrating the poorest. He promoted nonviolent problem solving. He worked on eliminating the differences between social classes since, he thought that we are all the same. -
His death and teaching - Su muerte y enseñanza
Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu radical who did not support his ideas of reconciliation between Muslims and Hindus.
Although he is no longer with us, his story teaches us that no one is better or more powerful than the other. We are all equal and deserve the same amount of rights.
