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Born in Porbandar, which is a coastal town in British India to his mother Putlibai Ghandi and father Karamchand Gandhi
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At 13 years old Ghandi gets married to 14 year old Kasturbai in an arranged marriage. Ghandi describes it as "As we didn't know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets and playing with relatives."
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Ghandi sets sail to England in order to study at the Universtiy College London to study Indian law and jurisprudence, eventually becoming an English Barrister
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When he arrives in India, he is told abouth is mothers death while he was in England, which was kept from him.
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Ghandi stayed in South Africa for 21 years, facing the same discrimination as the Africans, being coloured. He constantly fought for his rights,at one point being thrown of a train,and then was reallowed in first class. He went to South Africa to object the bill to deny Indians theability to vote.
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Gandhi pushedfor indians to be recruited by the English, to legitimise Indias claim to full citizenship. Gandhi found this method to be hopeless to challengeteh british army, and decided to take up non-violent tactics.
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Gandhi is arrested for breach of registration law for 2 months. After he is released. he is shortly after beat up by a compatriot, who accused him of betraying the Indian cause
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Gaining the reputation of being an Indian nationalist, theorist and organizer after spening 20 years in South Africa, and being proclaimed a ntaional hero, he joined the Indian National Congress
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The peasants of Champaran and Kheda both appealed to Ghandi for help, which were excpeted and lead to campaigns in both towns that were ultimately successful and achived through non-violence.
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Gandhi is promoted to the President of the Indian National Congress, after the elections
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In protest of the tax on salt, Gandhi held a Satyagraha, which was made succesful by his salt march, where he walked 388 kilometers to make his own salt, which lead to thusands of indians floowing him. The result was upsetting britans hold on India, and there respone of 60,000 indians imprisoned
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After making his speeh on Quit India, country was torn between whether to support Britain as Britains fight against the nazis was for independance of Britain, something they wouldn't give to India.
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Gandhi was shot while addressing a prayer meeting, by Nathuram Godse who was found to be linked with hindu extremists who believed he was weaking India and where executed. 2 million people walked 5 miles to commerate his death.
