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Gandhi Born
Mahatma Gandhi is born On Oct 2, 1869
He was born in Porbandar, near Bombay. He was a Hindu Merchant (or vaisya)
He got married when he was 13 -
Gandhis study
When Gandhi was 19 he defied custom by going to study. He studied law at University College in London. Students snubbed him because he was an Indian. In his lonely hours he studied philosophy. In his reading he discovered the principle of nonviolence handicrafts—ideals similar to many Hindu religious ideas. -
Gandhis returned
Gandhi returned to India from his time in London. He brought the idea of nonviolence to India with him -
Gandhi Lawyer
Gandhi returned to India. Unsuccessful in Bombay, he went to South Africa. At Natal he was the first so-called “colored” lawyer admitted to the supreme court. -
Gandhi's Congress
Gandhi founded the Natal Indian Congress for Indian rights. But he stayed loyal to the British -
Gandhi's revolution
Gandhi began his peaceful revolution. He declared he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him in this civil disobedience campaign. He was imprisoned twice. -
Gandhi's Victory
India won independace with Gandhi's help.
It soon split into 2 countrys India and Pakistan. This caused Hindu - Muslum riots. Gandhi used non violet methods to stop them -
Gandhi dies
He was murdered by a Hindu -
Gandhi's own movie
Gandhi got his own movie about his fun and eventful life. The move won many awards. -
Gandhi's Remembered
Nearly 50 years after Gandhi's assassination, his ashes were spread in the Ganges river during a ceremony honoring his memory in Allahabad, India. Tushar Gandhi, the Mahatma’s great-grandson, performed the act of dispersing the remains.
