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going about changes in non-violent ways. Gandhi believed that by using the power of love, people could conert even the worst wrongdoer to the right course of action.
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Gandhi studied law in England.
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When he returned to India, he attempted to set up his own law practice. Returning for the second time, he joined the Congress party. His ideas inspired Indians of all religions and encouraged them to resist British rule.
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Wih British forces, Reginald Dyer opened fire on unarmed men, women and children; killing 379 people in total.
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Gandhi set out to end British salt monopoly.
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Gandhi, with 78 followers, set out on a 240-mile march to the sea. By the time they reached the sea, there were thousands of marchers.
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With India moving toward independence , a world war exploded. Britain was angry and brought India into the war without consulting them. Many Indian nationalists protested and were put in jail but many did help British forces.
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Independence could no longer be delayed but a new tragedy unfolded as Hindu-Musli violence raged on the Indian sub-continent.
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Even though seperated, Hindu and Muslims lived side by side. In 1947, millions of Hindu and Muslims crossed the borders of India and Pakistan in BOTH directions.
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The Muslim League gained an able leader, Muhammad Ali Jinnah who represented Muslim interets within the Congress party but later threw his support behind the idea of a seperate state for Muslims. It would be called Pakistan, meaning "land of the pure."
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On January 30, 1948 Gandhi was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist.
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the ML, insisted that Muslims have their own state, Pakistan. Riots between Hindus and Muslims convinced Britain to divide the sub-continent into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan.
