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GANDHIHIS LIFE AND LEGACY
YOUTH AND EDUCATION
�Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was
born in Porbandar, on October 2, 1869
to Karamchand Gandhi, the diwan
(Prime Minister) of Porbandar, and
Putlibai, Karamchand's fourth wife.
�He was born into the Vaishya caste.
�At the age of 13, he was married
through his parents'
arrangements to Kasturba Makhanji.
�They had five children, the first died in
infancy.
EDUCATED AS A BARRISTER (LAWYER)
�Gandhi’s family always wished for him to be a
barrister. At 18, on 4 September 1888, Gandhi went
to University College London to study law and train as
a barrister.
�He embraced the tenant of Vegetarianism from
Hinduism both intellectually and spiritually while
studying in London.
�Passed the Bar and began a couple of failed
businesses in India, then took a year long contract
in Natal, South Africa.
EXPERIENCES WITH RACISM
� In January 1897, 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. However, he
refused to press charges against any member of the mob,
stating it was one of his principles not to seek redress for a
personal wrong in a court of law.
� Indian’s suffered extensive discrimination in South Africa under
the British.
�He spent 21 years in South Africa, where he developed his
political views, ethics and political leadership skills. His
philosophy of Non-Violence was formed and solidified during
this time.
�During the Boer war Gandhi volunteered in 1900 to form a
group of ambulance drivers. He wanted to disprove the British
idea that Hindus were not fit for "manly" activities involving
danger and exertion.
RETURNS TO INDIA
�Upon his return to India in 1918, he got
involved in the unfair taxation of farmers in
Champaran. They were being forced to grow
cash crops and pay high taxes and so didn’t
have the means to survive. Through nonviolent
resistance, he helped get reforms passed and
schools, hospitals, and basic services built. This
is the first time when Indians began to call him
Bapu (Father) and Mahatma (Great Soul).
FIGHT FOR STATEHOOD FOR INDIA
�Gandhi advocated for
non-violent résistance
through making their
own cloth and clothes.
�He also asked Indians
who worked for the
British Raj to quit their
jobs making it hard for
the British to administer
India.
�The British tried to give limited government but India
wanted Freedom, which they gained in 1947 through
the “Quit India” movement.
�They took a short break to help the British defeat the
Nazi’s during WW2.
A NATION MOURNS!Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu extremist on
January 30th, 1948 while taking his customary nightly
walk.
Prime Minister Nehru-
“Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our
lives, and there is darkness everywhere, and I do not
quite know what to tell you or how to say it. Our
beloved leader, Bapu as we called him, the father of
the nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say
that; nevertheless, we will not see him again, as we
have seen him for these many years, we will not run to
him for advice or seek solace from him, and that is a
terrible blow, not only for me, but for millions and
millions in this country.”