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At the time, India was a part of the British Empire.
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When he was 19 years, Gandhi went to London to become a lawyer. it was a long travel that he did by boat.
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Gandhi returns to india. He start to work as a layer in Mumbai but he is not very successful.
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Gandhi accept a job as a lawyer in south Africa. At this time, south Africa is part of the British Empire just like india.
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Gandhi lived in south Africa. He experience racism, segregation and discrimination. For example, he is kicked out of a 1st class train because he is not white. gandhi organize peaceful protest.
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Gandhi returns to india. He joins the National Congress. The National Congress wants the independence of india. it means the end of British rule in india.
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Non violence: peaceful protest, hunger strike.
Non cooperation: strike (when many people refuse to work)
salt march (refuse to pay the British Tax on salt)
Self reliance: indians make their own clothes instead of buying them from the British. -
India is independent but India is divided between India and Pakistan. This is called partition. India is suppose to be a country for the Hindu and Pakistan is suppose to be a country for the muslim.
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Gandhi organizes peaceful protest against the partition. He also went on hunger strike against the violence between Hindu and Muslim. He murdered by a Hindu who wanted the partition of india.
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