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When and where was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Mahatma Gandhi was born October 2, 1869. He was born in Porbandar, near Bombay. -
Where did Mahatma go to college?
He went to University College in London. He went to University College to study law. When he had his alone time he studied philosophy. -
When did Gandhi return?
Gandhi returned to India in 1891 and was unsuccessful in Bombay. -
Where did he go since he wasn’t successful?
Gandhi wasn’t successful in Bombay so he went to South Africa in 1893. -
What did Gandhi find?
Gandhi found the Natal Indian congress to agitate for Indian rights in 1894. At the same time he was still kind to the British Empire. -
What did Gandhi do during the Boer War?
Gandhi raised an ambulance corps and he then served the South African government in 1899. -
What happened in 1906?
In 1906 Gandhi gave aid against the Zulu revolt. Also in 1906 he began his peaceful revolution. He then announced that he would go to jail or die before following an anti-Asian law. Thousands of people were with him and Gandhi got jailed twice. In World War I he organized another ambulance corp for the British. -
What happened n 1914?
In 1914 Gandhi returned back home to India. After Gandhi did all of there he started to have many Indian followers. They could follow him almost blindly in his campaign for Sarajevo, or “home rule.” He worked for all classes and religious sects, especially Hindus and Muslims. -
What happened in 1919?
In 1919 Gandhi became a leader in the newly formed Indian National Congress political party. -
What happened in 1920?
In 1920 Gandhi launched an rebellion against the British, encouraging Indians to spin their own cotton and to boycott British goods, courts, and government. -
What happened in 1922?
Gandhi went to jail in 1922! -
What happened in 1924?
Gandhi was jailed from 1922 to 1924! -
What happened in 1930?
In 1930 he was jailed AGIAN in protest of a salt tax, he led thousands of Indians on a 200-mile march to the sea to collect their own salt. -
What happened in 1934?
In 1934 he retired from the political party but he still remained its actual leader. Soon enough he became convinced that India would receive no real freedom as long as it remained in the control of the British Empire. Very early into the World War II he demanded instant independence as India’s price for aiding Britain in the war. -
What happened in 1942?
He was sent to jail again in 1942! -
What happened from 1942 to 1944?
In 1942 to1944 Gandhi was sent to jail for the third time!!! -
What happened in 1947?
In 1947 Gandhi won India Independence!! The landmass split into two countries (India and Pakistan) and brought Hindu-Muslim riots. Once agian Gandhi was nonviolent, fasting until Delhi rioters pledged peace to him.