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Mahatma Gandhi

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  • BIRTH

    BIRTH
    He was born on October 2, 1969 in the coastal city of Porbandar, India.

  • COMMITMENT

    COMMITMENT
    He married Kastubai Nakanj at the age of 13, to whom he had been engaged since he was 6 years old without his knowing it.

  • STUDIES

    STUDIES
    His family sends him to study in London, at a university called the Inner Temple.
    he began to frequent the Theosophists, who introduced him to the reading of the first Indian classic, the Bhagavad Gita.

  • CONGRESS

    CONGRESS
    He went to South Africa and founded the newspaper called "The Indian Opinion" and created the Natal Indian Congress.

  • RETURN

    RETURN
    He returned to India and joined the Indian national movement.

  • JUDICIAL SENTENCE

    JUDICIAL SENTENCE
    Gandhi was arrested in March and sentenced to serve 6 years in prison for a campaign of civil disobedience.

  • RELEASE FROM JAIL

    RELEASE FROM JAIL
    Upon his release from prison, Gandhi realized that the political landscape had changed, as the Indian movement had split in two.

  • JAIL

    JAIL
    It took Gandhi 8 years for independence, since on August 9, 1942 he was arrested. In jail he found out that his wife had died. in 1947 Gandhi achieved independence.

  • DEATH

    DEATH
    On January 30, Gandhi was assassinated at the age of 78 by a fanatic from New Delhi, India.