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A man’s story of
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Biography
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
was born on October 2, 1869 on
the town of present-day Gujarat,
India. He was born to two Hindu
parents and at the age of only
13, Gandhi married Kasturbai
Makhanji.

Gandhi and Kasturbai had 5

children, with the eldest one
passing away a few days later.
When Gandhi was 19, he studied
Law at the University College
London. Gandhi also signed a
The Pass Law
The pass law was a law that requires non-
white people in South Africa to carry a
passbook at all times to provide proof that
they have been authorized to live and
travel around South Africa.

Gandhi violated the law by burning and

encouraging other non-white people to
burn their passbooks as a form of protest
of equality against the British. At the
conclusion, Gandhi was arrested along with
many others who followed suit.

I admire Gandhi for his immense courage

to speak out against the British, and I
agree with him wholeheartedly. The British
do not have the right to impose laws on
Passive Resistance
Philosophy
The Passive Resistance Philosophy is a form of
protest using non-violence. Gandhi supported
this philosophy and encouraged others to fight
with love even though they get attacked
violently.

Gandhi promoting non-violence is a great

peaceful way to attack the British. You will not
attack the British physically but mentally as
they finally realize what they are doing and
stop. British people back then are educated
What was the purpose of Gandhi’s
fasts?

Gandhi fasted in order to convince

people to re-think what they were
doing wrong. Since Gandhi was
respected and looked up to, his
fasts were effective in convincing
them to follow the passive
resistance philosophy.

To be able to get people to stop

violence just because of fasting
shows what position Gandhi was in.
Gandhi was obviously very well
respected and loved by the Indian
people.

What is sedition?
The Salt March
The Salt March, led by Gandhi was to march
to Dandi, Gujarat and make salt. At the time
this violated the British Raj Salt Laws. This
salt much is what triggered Indians to fight
for their independence from Britain.

This movement cause global attention and

what sparked for more Indians to join the
movement for independence. Indians all
over India began violating the British laws
and started to create and buy illegal salt.

Gandhi’s Philosophy
Gandhi didn’t want violence to obtain
My Views
I agree with Gandhi, having a country divided and separated
isn’t a good feeling. Unfortunately this was the only solution to
end the violence and prevent people from dying between the
Hindu’s and Muslims.

Even still now, there is still hatred between Pakistan and India,
after the recent Mumbai attacks this proves that the hate has
not faded away since Gandhi’s times. Perhaps in the future
when Pakistan and India have learned to understand and
respect each other will they start talking about unity.

An example of this is North and South Korea which also had