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birth of gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born in the city of Porbandar, British India, on October 2, 1869. -
gandhi childhood
Gandhi spent his childhood in an orderly and collected family environment that left an indelible mark on him. His father was a high-ranking state official, and his mother had a passionate and active religious faith dating back to the ancient and sacred Brahmanic and Hindu traditions.At the age of thirteen, his parents arranged his marriage to Kasturba Makharji, of the same age and caste, with whom he had four children. -
gandhi adolescence
In his youth, Gandhi was a mediocre student in Porbandar. Later in Rajkot, in 1887, he managed to barely pass the entrance examination of the University of Mumbai, enrolling in the School of Samaldas, in Bhavnagar. He was not there long, because he took advantage of the opportunity presented to him to study in England, a country he considered "the cradle of philosophers and poets, the center of civilization." He studied Law at University College London. -
worked in south africa
In 1893 he accepted a one-year employment contract with an Indian company operating in Natal, South Africa. He was interested in the situation of the 150,000 compatriots who resided there, fighting against the laws that discriminated against Indians in South Africa through passive resistance and civil disobedience. -
the Second World War
At the party congress in 1942, Gandhi was criticized by some party members and by other Indian political groups, favorable to the British and opposed to Mohandas' position. They believed that not supporting Great Britain in her life and death struggle against Nazism was immoral.
Gandhi and his supporters were clear that they would not support the war effort unless immediate independence was granted to India. -
participation of india
Gandhi recommended that Congress reject the proposals of the Cabinet Mission Plan created by the British in 1946. He mistrusted the idea of sharing power with the Muslim League and the divisions and decentralization that the British proposed.Gandhi enjoyed great influence in the Hindu and Muslim communities. Their mere presence prevented and stopped riots and riots. He was vehemently opposed to any plan involving the partition of India. -
Gandhi assassination
On January 30, 1948, when Gandhi was on his way to a prayer meeting, he was assassinated at Birla Bhavan (Birla House) in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu radical apparently related to far-right groups in India, such as the Hindu Hahasabha party. , who accused him of weakening the new government by insisting that the money promised to Pakistan be paid. Godse and his accomplice Narayan Apte were tried and sentenced to death.
