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Mahatma Gandhi (originally Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) was born in Porbander, India.
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At some point in the May of 1883, Gandhi married Kasturba. She also was an activist fighting for civil rights.
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Not much is known about the exact date of Gandhi's father's death. However, we do know that it happened sometime in 1885.
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Gandhi went to England to study law. The place in which he took this trip to was Southampton.
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At some point in April, Gandhi accepted a contract to do legal work in South Africa. However, he soon noticed that he and many of the other Indians there were being treated unfairly.
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Gandhi stayed in South Africa for many years. In said years he spent time fighting for the rights of Indians there. He even created a method of social action called Satyagraha. Afterwards he returned back to India sometime in 1901.
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From January to October of 1908, Gandhi was arrested twice for not cooperating with the British rules that were created.
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This was a massacre in which troops of the British Indian Army shot at, and killed, several nonviolent Indian protesters. This really made Gandhi want to push for the advancement of India.
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Gandhi makes several people stop cooperating with the British all throughout India.
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This time, Gandhi gets arrested for breaking the Salt Laws.
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Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse, who decided that Gandhi was the reason why India was breaking into different parts.