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Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world
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The 13-year-old Mohandas was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji.
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Gandhi travelled to London, England, to study law at University College London where he studied Indian law and jurisprudence and to train as a barrister at the Inner Temple.
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He spent 20 years in South Africa opposing discriminatory legislation against Indians
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When Gandhi landed in Durban, a mob of white settlers attacked him and he escaped only through the efforts of the wife of the police superintendent.
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Gandhi wrote in Indian Opinion: "The corps had been formed at the instance of the Natal Government by way of experiment, in connection with the operations against the Natives consists of twenty three Indians".
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Gandhi wrote in the Indian Opinion of his time in a South African prison: "Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised and the convicts even more so."
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In April 1918, during the latter part of World War I, the Viceroy invited Gandhi to a War Conference in Delhi
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Gandhi was arrested and tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.
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He began his sentence on 18 March 1922.
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He was released for an appendicitis operation, having served only 2 years.
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This was celebrated as India's Independence Day by the Indian National Congress meeting in Lahore.
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Gandhi began a 21-day fast of self-purification to help the Harijan movement.
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Gandhi suffered a severe malaria attack. He was released before the end of the war on 6 May 1944 because of his failing health and necessary surgery; the Raj did not want him to die in prison and enrage the nation.
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Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting
