Gandhi gained fame as a tenacious political campaigner, whoĬourageously opposed the Transvaal government's discriminatory With the children in India, but in 1897 she joined her husband inĭurban. Gandhi worked for DadaĪbdullah & Co and the Indian community.

Pretoria he had a firsthand experience with racist degradation, a mostĬrucial experience in his formative years. Post, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893.

Home to practice as a barrister in Bombay. After he was called to the bar at Inner Temple, he returned Gandhi also began experiments with diet that continued throughout his Take lessons in dancing, French and elocution. While learning the law, he set to the task of making In 1888 Gandhi went to London to study law, leaving his wifeįor three years. Although she often had to submit to her husband's decisions, KasturbaĬould not read or write and Gandhi's attempts to teach her wereįruitless. Their first child was born in 1885, but died after a few days. Gandhi's third bride, Kasturba Makanji, also 13, was the Officially he was betrothed three times, but his first twoįiancees died. Gandhi was married at the age of 13, as was not unusual by theĬustom. Wrote in his book of memoir, An Autobiography: The Story of My Mother has left on my memory is that of saintliness,' Gandhi later When Gandhi was sixteen, his father died -įour years later he lost his mother.

Gandhi's mother, was a deeply religious Hindu. His father was the chief minister of Porbandar and a member of the For several generations, the Gadhi's hadīeen Prime Ministers in several Kathiawald States. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Poorbandar, Kathiawar, There is no god higher than truth.' (from True Patriotism: Some Sayings of Mahatma Gandhi, 'Nonviolence and truth ( Satya ) are inseparable and Presumably replied that he thought it would be a good idea. The black opposition to apartheid in South Africa. Movement in the U.S, and Nelson Mandela, the most prominent figure of Influence on Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights His doctrine of nonviolent action had a profound Independence from Britain through a campaign based on nonviolence andĬivil disobedience. zip of the website is also available.Ĭalled Mahatma ('Great Soul'). All pages are unmodified as they originally appeared some links and images may no longer function. The original website was published by Petri Liukkonen under Creative Commons BY-ND-NC 1.0 Finland and reproduced here under those terms for non-commercial use. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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