Gandhi: The Power of Nonviolence
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political and spiritual leader of India: a man who
changed the course of the future of India with his ideas
of nonviolence and political and religious peace
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was born in
Porbandar, in North West India,
on 2nd October 1869, into a
Hindu family.
In 1883, when he was 13,
Gandhi married a girl also
aged 13 in an arranged
marriage.
In 1888 he went to London to study law.
From 1907 to 1915 he lived in South Africa.
in south africa ,Gandhi was thrown off
a train and beaten
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When he returned to India he led non-violent campaigns to help
• Alleviate poverty
• Promote women’s rights
• End the fifth group of the caste system of Untouchables
• Gain independence from the British Empire.
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raise the price of salt in 1930, Gandhi and
his 78 followers covered 250 miles in 24
days (12th March 5th April 1930) to reach
the sea and collect their own salt.
With the Salt March Gandhi launched a civil disobedience movement.
He was arrested and sent to prison without a trial.