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An for an
makes the whole world blind.
Mohandas karamchand Gandhi
Prepared by :
prashant chaudhary
Roll no. 41
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Mohandas Gandhi was born in the stateof Gujarat, India in 1869.
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At the age ofthirteen Mohandaswas married toKasturba.
The marriage hadbeen arranged for himby his family.
They had four sons.
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When he was 18 Gandhi came to London
to train as a barrister.
He tried behaving like an Englishmanand took up ballroom dancing.
In these days he got stage fright when
speaking in court.
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He returned toIndia in 1891, thenaccepted a job at
an Indian law firmin South Africa.
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His experience of racism in South Africaproved to be a turning point in his life.
He was refused admission to hotels, beaten upwhen he refused to give up his seat to a whiteman on a stage coach ..
and thrown off a train when he refused tomove to a third class compartment, after hehad paid for a first class ticket.
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When he was about to
return to India, he heardthat a law was going
to be passed to prevent
Indian people from voting.
He decided to draw attention to thisinjustice and became an activist.
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However, Gandhi said:
There are many causes that I amprepared to die for, but no causes thatI am prepared to kill for.
He developed a new non-violent way tomake things right, by getting lots of
people to disobey unfair laws, and to beunco-operative with rulers who weretreating them badly.
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Over the next seven years Gandhi led anon-violent campaign of resistance to
laws which were unfair to colouredpeople.
During this time thousands of Indians,
including Gandhi, were flogged or jailed,and many were shot for striking orburning their registration cards.
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Eventually the government was forced to
seek a compromise with Gandhi, and whenhe left South Africa, conditions forIndian people had greatly improved.
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In 1915, back in
India, Gandhi setup an ashram - aself-sufficient
community, wherehe ate a simplediet, and lived likethe poorestvillagers.
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He spun his own yarn and made his owncloth. He encouraged others to do the
same, instead of buying imported Britishmaterial.
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At this time Indian villagers were poorly
paid, and many were dying of famine.
In 1918 Gandhi began a campaign to get
them to stand up for themselves against
the British who were ruling India.
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It was at this time that
Gandhi became known asMahatma,
which means Great Soul.
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In 1930 Gandhi led a 248 mile march to
the sea, as a protest against a tax on salt.Thousands joined him in making salt oftheir own.
Over 60,000
people were
arrested.
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In 1933 Gandhi wenton a fast for 21 daysto draw attention tothe treatment ofthe very poorestpeople in India, whohe called The
Children of God.
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It was decided to divide India into two
separate countries - India and Pakistan.Gandhi was strongly opposed to thisidea, but was forced to agree because
of the threat of civil war.
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The violence continued.
Gandhi's appeals for calm
were ignored, so he
began another fast.
Only when the Hindu, Sikh and Muslimleaders promised to renounce violence didhe agree to take a sip of orange juice.
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A few days later, on January 30th
1948Gandhi was shot by a Hindu fanatic on
his way to a prayer meeting in Delhi.
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His ashes were dipped in all the majorrivers of the world before beingenshrined in the Mahatma Gandhi WorldPeace Memorial.
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In India Gandhi is often called The Fatherof the Nation.
Gandhis birthday,
October 2nd , is a
public holiday in India.
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Be the Change you want to
see in the World!Mohandas Gandhi
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THANK YOU
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