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The leader of indian independence was given life
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Went to Enlgand to study law. Then after becoming educated in law he returned to India and tried to set up his own law practice. He eventually joined an Indian Law Firm in South Africa.
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Drafted first petition sent by the Indians to a South African legislature
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Gandhi returned to India and joined a congress party
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379 Indians were brutally murdered and more than 1,100 were wounded in India by the British Army.
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Ghandi and 78 followers set out for a 240 mile march to the sea. This was their attempt to end the British salt monopoly.
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Ghandi stood in the sea and picked up salt. Shortly after he was arrested and thrown in jail.
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All around the world newspapers thundered against Britian. They told stories of the police brutally clubing innocent marchers.
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Muslim League gained an able leader named Muhhammad Ali Jinnah. He proposed a seperate state for Muslims called Pakistan "land of ritually pure".
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Britian outraged India by postponing any actions of independence, and bringing India to war without consent. Many Indians began to not cooperate.
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The war ended. Independence could no longer be denied.
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A new tragedy occurs as Hindu-Musliums rage in violence in the subcontinent.
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British drew up borders to form Hindu India and Muslium Pakistan. Pakistan was made up of two seperate areas with large Muslium population.
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India began to outbreak in violence. Millions of musliums died.
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Ghandi was shot and killed by a Hindu mad person. India outbroke in devastation.
