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A Brief Biography of Mahatma Gandhi

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Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi was born in the western part of British-ruled India on October 2, 1869. When the British cracked down on Indian civil liberties after World War I, Gandhi began to organize nonviolent protests. He enforced the ideas of nonviolence, passive resistance, and civil disobedience by meeting with politicians, fasting, and launching campaigns to protest in order to regain rightful ownership of Indian self-government. He was very successful in using passive resistance and teaching by example. By Gandhi doing all of this, there was a positive outcome after all the hard work he and Indian people did. The outcome was that Britain's Parliament passed on July 1947 the Indian Independence Act. Mohandas was the youngest member out of his siblings. His father was a knowledgeable administrator, and very skillful at intervening between British officials and the local civilians. “His mother was an [extremely sincere believer] of Vaishnavism, the worship of Vishnu, and she devoted herself to fasting and prayer. She taught Mohandas values such as tolerance and ahimsa, or non-injury to living beings” (Szczepanksi 1). “In 1883, the Gandhi’s arranged a marriage between 13 year old Mohandas and a 14 year old girl named Kasturba Makhanji. Unfortunately, the young couple's first child died in 1885, but they had four surviving sons by 1900” (Szczepanksi 1). Gandhi went on to finish his education after his wedding. He originally wanted to be a doctor

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