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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Lucy Owen
 
On October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, Mohandas K. Gandhi was born. His father, Karamchand Gandhi, and grandfather, Uttamchand Gandhi, occupied the high office of the diwan. Gandhi describes his father as, “a lover of his clan, truthful, brave, generous…”. Mohandas did not shine in the classroom or playground and was known to be very shy and quiet. He never told a lie to a teacher and/or classmate and was quite proud of it. As Mohandas got older, he studied law in London and also studied Indian Rights in South Africa. In 1914, Mohandas returned to India and supported the Home Rule Movement and became the leader of the Indian National Congress. His goal was to alleviate poverty, help poor farmers protest against unjust taxation and discrimination, Independence in India, and to liberate women. Gandhi was jailed for conspiracy in 1922 and was released in 1924. In 1930, Mohandas led a 200 mile march to the sea to collect salt as a symbol of defiance of government monopoly known as the Salt March. He also attended the London Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform. In 1946, he negotiated with the Cabinet Mission which was the recommendation for the new constitutional structure. After India gained Independence, Gandhi worked on stopping Muslim-Hindu conflict in Benegal and for this reason was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a hindu fanatic, on January 30, 1948.
 
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