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When he could no longer steal, he even decided to commit suicide such was Gandhi’s addiction to cigarettes. However, the violent clash in Chauri Chaura town of Uttar Pradesh, in February 1922, forced Gandhiji to call-off the movement all of a sudden. He soon accepted a position with an Indian firm that sent him to its office in South Africa. He drafted a resolution calling for the British to Quit India.
It is also said that a young Gandhi accompanied Sheikh to a brothel, but left the place after finding it uncomfortable.
As a child, Gandhi was a very naughty and mischievous kid. He also asked people to resign from government employment, quit studying in British institutions and stop practicing in law courts. Gandhi extended this movement and focused on Swaraj. Finally, under pressure from the British and Indian governments, the government of South Africa accepted a compromise negotiated by Gandhi and General Jan Christian Smuts, which included important concessions such as the recognition of Indian marriages and the abolition of the existing poll tax for Indians.
In July 1914, Gandhi left South Africa to return to India.
The peasants of the area were forced by the British landlords to grow Indigo, which was a cash crop, but its demand had been declining. After smoking the leftover cigarettes, thrown away by his uncle, Gandhi started stealing copper coins from his servants in order to buy Indian cigarettes. K. Gandhi was born in the princely state of Porbandar, which is located in modern-day Gujarat.
But the British responded aggressively to this and arrested many protesters. He particularly advocated the manufacture of khaddar, or homespun cloth, in order to replace imported textiles from Britain. But his move was questioned by many Hindu leaders. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment, but served only two years in prison.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, invited Gandhi to join India’s struggle for independence against the British Rule. Post the Independence, Gandhi’s image became the mainstay of Indian paper currency. Gandhi was arrested on 9th August 1942 and was held for two years in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune, where he lost his secretary, Mahadev Desai and his wife, Kasturba.
On 13 April 1919, a British officer, Dyer, ordered his forces to open fire on a peaceful gathering, including women and children, in Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh. Sardar Patel convinced Gandhi that it was the only way to avoid civil war and he reluctantly gave his consent. Invested with all the authority of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress Party), Gandhi turned the independence movement into a massive organization, leading boycotts of British manufacturers and institutions representing British influence in India, including legislatures and schools.
After sporadic violence broke out, Gandhi announced the end of the resistance movement, to the dismay of his followers.