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Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar. He was born into a Vaisya family.
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Gandhi got married in May of 1883. He was 13 when he married.
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Ghandi broke customs when he went to study abroad. He was 19 when he studied law at University College in London.
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Gandhi returned to India in 1891. He didn't have success in Bombay so he went to South Africa in 1893.
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Gandhi founded the Natal Indian Congress in 1894. It was created to agitate for Indian rights.
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Gandhi began his peaceful revolution in 1906. He claimed he would go to jail or die before obeying an anti-Asian law.
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Gandhi launched a noncooperation campaign against Britain in 1920. It urged Indians to spin their own cotton and boycott British goods, courts, and governments.
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Gandhi retired from head of the party in 1934 but he remained the leader. He became convinced India wouldn't be free if it remained in the British Empire.
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Gandhi gained his victory in 1947. India had gained its independence.
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Gandhi was killed on January 30, 1948. He was on his way to Delhi to pray when he was killed by a Hindu. The Hindu was maddened because he had made efforts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims.
