Mahatma gandhi (1869 � 1948) - freedomfighter.

he studied law in london. then he took to bombat, to serve as a lawyer.

later he went to south-africa, where he participated in a protest agaimst the oppression af indians. he created a non-violence method. the passiv, mental resistans against the tyrans.

he went back to india, where he became on of the leaders of his political party.

in 1919 he started a disobedient-campaigne against the british.

gandhi argued for passiv resistans against the british colonial empire. non-violence was his basical political strategy.

ghandi was jailed several times, for his ideas. and in prison he began a hungerstrike. he was so important, that his death, the british could not risk.

in 1930 gandhi arranged his famous salt-march. as a reaction to englands unreasonable salt-tax. the march gathered many thousands of people. the britsh arrested about 90.000, and killed over 10.000. with that the british reputation was ruined for ever.

he held a meetingin england in 1931, but achieved nothing.

in 1942 he rejected a self-government-proposal, and demanded the british out of india. his goal was inidias political freedom.

in 1947 india at last got its freedom. after negotiations, of which gandhi was an important part.

pakistan wanted a split india, which gandhi opposed. civilwar-like conditions arised. gandhi said he would hungersrike until the fighting stopped. and again the people listened to bapu, the father of india. as the people called him.

on the 30. january 1948 he was murdered by a hindu-fanatic. and and epoch in indias history was thereby over.



exsampel of articels about him :

the restistans without violence
a little man came marching
passiv resistans does do
he choosed the road of action
the history of indias great freedomfighter
gandhis philosophy did not die with him
the life of mahatma gandhi (bog)
gandhi (film af david attenborough)
thoughts of mahatma (bog)
gandhi : prisoner of hope (bog)
the mind of mahatma gandhi (bog)

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