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Mahatma Gandhi: Education 

When Gandhi was 9 years old he went to a local school at Rajkot and studied the basics of arithmetic, history, geography, and languages.

Gandhi extended this movement and focused on Swaraj. This period in prison was of bereavement for Gandhiji.

In India, Gandhi's strategy of civil disobedience gained momentum through numerous campaigns, including the Salt March in 1930, which protested against the British monopoly on salt and tax policies. Same year he started his weeklies Young India in English and Navajivan in Gujarati.

In 1921, Gandhiji took to wearing loin cloth to identify himself with poor masses and to propagate khadi, hand spun cloth.

His stay in England provided opportunities for widening horizons and better understanding of religions and cultures. She supported all the endeavors of her husband until her death in 1944.

His father was Dewan or Chief Minister of Porbandar, the capital of a small principality in Western British India (Now Gujarat State). The contents of Bhagavad Gita would later have a massive influence on his life.

With this incident evolved the concept of Satyagraha. But he returned to India in 1915 as Mahatma.

As advised by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Gandhiji spent one year travelling in India and studying India and her people.

He came back to India after being called to the bar by Inner Temple.

Gandhi in South Africa

After returning to India, Gandhi struggled to find work as a lawyer. After learning about the true intentions of the British during the second conference, he came up with another Satyagraha, for which he was once again arrested.

Quit India Movement

As the World War II progressed, Mahatma Gandhi intensified his protests for the complete independence of India.

With his unusual yet powerful political tools of Satyagraha and non-violence, he inspired several other political leaders all over the world including the likes of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr and Aung San Suu Kyi. Gandhi, apart from helping India triumph in its fight for independence against the English, also led a simple and righteous life, for which he is often revered.

Later, the British gave in and accepted to relax the revenue collection and gave its word to Vallabhbhai Patel, who had represented the farmers.

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Khilafat Movement Post World War I

Gandhi had agreed to support the British during their fight in World War I. But the British failed to grant independence post the war, as promised earlier, and as a result of this Khilafat Movement was launched.

The British began suppressing the civil disobedience movement by force and opened fire on a peaceful crowd in Delhi. In London, he also joined a Vegetarian Society and was introduced to Bhagavad Gita by some of his vegetarian friends. But Gandhi criticized the protesters instead of blaming the English and asked Indians to use love while dealing with the hatred of British.

Gandhi realized that Hindus and Muslims must unite to fight the British and urged both the communities to show solidarity and unity. While Gandhi pressed for the Indian independence, British questioned Gandhi’s motives and asked him not to speak for the entire nation. It was hoped that his (Mohandas’s) going to England and qualifying as a barrister would help his family to lead more comfortable life.

He sailed to England on September 4, 1888 at the age of 18, and was enrolled in The Inner Temple.

The march not only intensified nationalistic sentiments but also drew international attention to the Indian independence movement, earning Gandhi recognition as a global icon of peace and nonviolent protest.