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He began his life in a little coastal town called Porbander, which is located in present day Gujarat . His full name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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His youth was dominated by his family's strong belief in a Hindu sect called Vaisnavism whose chief tenets are nonviolence and the belief that everything in the universe is eternal. His schooling and grades were mediocre. He developed a burning passion for self- improvement and philosophies of truth and sacrifice
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Gandhi married to Kasturbai. It was an arranged marrage by their parents. (common in India)
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When Gandhi was sixteen his father,Karamchand Gandhi, died.
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At the end of his formal schooling he decided that he wanted to be a lawyer. To do this he had to come to England to enroll at the Inner Temple.
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He was called to the Bar in the summer of 1891. On his return to India, he found that he could not make a successful career as a lawyer so he moved to South Africa in 1893.
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Gandhi organizes his first protest against anti-Indian laws in South Africa
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Gandhi organized an ambulance corps to go to Zululand. The Natal Government mounted a campaign to suppress the Zulu Rebellion, started when a chief killed a tax collector. The intense suffering of the Zulu’s, and the lack of caring exhibited by the authorities for the wounded left him deeply moved. In his Autobiography, Gandhi had noted that nursing was one of his principal joys.
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In March Gandhi is arrested by the British and tried on a charge of conspiring to overthrow the government. He pleads guilty and is sentenced to six years imprisonment.
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He withdraws from politics to set up an ashram (commune), establish a newspaper, and work to help the rural poor and the members of the 'Untouchable' caste.
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Gandhi disagreed with the tax on salt. Himand approximately 78 male satyagrahis set out, on foot, for the coastal village of Dandi some 240 miles from their starting point in Sabarmati. They arrived on April 5.
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Gandhi is released from prison on 26 January. He accepts a truce with the British, calls off the civil disobedience campaign and travels to London to attend a 'Round Table Conference' on the future of India.
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On 10 February Gandhi begins a 21-day fast to win his freedom. The British are unmoved and refuse to release him from custody.
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In February Gandhi's wife dies. Gandhi is allowed to attend her cremation but is then returned to prison. On 6 May he is released for good because of failing health.
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Gandhi was shot by Nathuram Godse. They bowed as if sharing a prayed and he assasigned him. Gandhi died later that day.
