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Gandhi was born in October of 1869. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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Gandhi got married in 1882. He was only 13!
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Gandhi went to college when he was 19. He studied philosophy at a University College in London.
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After Gandhi saw fellow Indians working as laborers and being treated bad, he decided to stand up against it. He founded the Natal Indian Congress for Indian rights.
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He served in the South African government. Gandhi also drove an ambulance corps.
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Gandhi started a peaceful revolution. He said he'd go to jail or die rather than obeying the anti-Asian law,
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Gandhi led thousands of Indians on a 200-mile march to collect their own salt. He went back to jail.
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India won independence. The sub-continent split into 2 countries.
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Gandhi was on his way to pray and was killed by another Hindu. The Hindu was mad tat Gandhi was trying to reconcile Hindus and Muslims.
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50 years after his death, Gandhi's ashes were spread. They were spread through the Ganges river during a ceremony in his memory.
