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Gandhi was born in Porbandar near Bombay. His family belonged to the Hindu caste Vaisya. His father has been prime minister of several small native states.
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Gandhi was married when he was 13. He was Married to
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he defied custom by going abroad to study. He studied law at University College in London. Fellow students snubbed him because he was an Indian
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he founded the Natal Indian Congress to agitate for Indian rights. Yet he remained loyal to the British Empire.
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, during the Boer War, he raised an ambulance corps and served the South African government.
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he gave aid against the Zulu revolt
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Later, Gandhi began his peaceful revolution
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Yet in World War I he again organized an ambulance corps for the British before returning home to India
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he became a leader in the newly formed Indian National Congress political party.
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while on his way to prayer in Delhi, Gandhi was killed by a Hindu who had been maddened by the Mahatma’s efforts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims.
