Mahatma Gandhi

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Mind Map on Mahatma Gandhi, created by wendy3619 on 04/06/2014.
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Mahatma Gandhi
  1. Born India 2 Oct 1869
    1. Married @ 13yrs = tradition @ the time
      1. Went to study Law in London @ 19yrs
    2. 1893 Came to work in JHB and lived in SA for 21 yrs
      1. @ that time Africans & Indians were discriminated against. Had to carry ID/ Pass books and travel on seperate trains
        1. Devised new method to respond to racial discrimination = Satyagraha = Steadfastness in truth
          1. Stooped buying products from Britain & fasted
            1. 1915 - Back to India & declared a national hero. Called 'Mahatma' = 'Great Soul'
              1. Helped the weak & oppressed then was arrested by the Britsih
                1. Most people in India = Hindu . Muslim people worried about political power if India became independent from Britain. This caused violence between them
            2. The British ruled India & SA
            3. 12 March 1930 - Started 23 -day march to coast. Called Salt March = Protest against British Salt tax
              1. 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
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