Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Mahatma Gandhi
- Born India 2 Oct 1869
- Married @ 13yrs = tradition @ the time
- Went to study Law in London @ 19yrs
- 1893 Came to work in JHB and lived in SA for 21 yrs
- @ that time Africans & Indians were discriminated against. Had
to carry ID/ Pass books and travel on seperate trains
- Devised new method to respond to racial discrimination = Satyagraha = Steadfastness in truth
- Stooped buying products from Britain & fasted
- 1915 - Back to India & declared a national hero. Called 'Mahatma' = 'Great Soul'
- Helped the weak & oppressed then
was arrested by the Britsih
- Most people in India = Hindu . Muslim people worried about political power if
India became independent from Britain. This caused violence between them
- The British ruled India & SA
- 12 March 1930 - Started 23
-day march to coast. Called Salt
March = Protest against British
Salt tax
- 30 Jan 1948 - 78yr old Gandhi on way to prayer meeting. Young Hindu man = Nathuram Godse shot
Gandhi 3 times. He had survived 5 assassination attempts. Now died