Mohandas

Karamchand
Gandhi (1869-1948)

ANITHRA S S
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 Was born on 2 October 1869 in

Porbandar,
a coastal town in present-day
Gujarat, India.
His father, Karamchand Gandhi
(18221885), who belonged to the
Hindu Modh community, was the
diwan (Prime Minister) of Porbander
state,

Modern Porbandar, India

Gandhis
mother
Putlibai
Putlibai had a strong
spiritual influence on
Gandhi
She was a devout Hindu,
who used to fast
regularly
She also took advice
from a
Jain priest

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Gandhis
father
Karamchand
Gandhis father
was a politician
He was Prime
Minister of
Porbandar, a small
princely
state in Western
India
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As a youth (about 15-yearsold)

He had his schooling in

nearby Rajkot,
In May 1883, the 13-year old
Mohandas was married to
Kasturbai Makhanji
In 1885, when Gandhi was 15,
the couple's first child was
born, but survived only a few
days;

1886
with brother
Gandhi had two
brothers and
one sister
He was the youngest
child
Here he is shown with
his elder brother
Laxmidas

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The London Years 18881891

Although Gandhi
experimented with
adopting "English"
customs

1890
in England
This the first picture of
Gandhi
in England.
Gandhi was a lifelong
vegetarian
He is shown on a visit of
the Vegetarian Society to
the
Isle of Wight

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1891
law student
Gandhi trained
to be a barrister
at the Inner
Temple in
London

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1895
as a barrister

After a brief period

back in India, Gandhi
went to South Africa
to practice law.

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1895
Natal
Congress
In South Africa he soon
became involved in
protecting the rights of
Indian migrants
Here he is shown with
other members of the
Natal Indian Congress

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Gandhi in South Africa: 18931914

In
South
Africa, Gandhi faced
Gandhi while serving
in the Ambulance
Corps during the
Boer War.

discrimination directed at
Indians. He was thrown off a
train at Pietermaritzburg after
refusing to move from the first
class to a third class coach while
holding a valid first class ticket.
Traveling farther on by
stagecoach he was beaten by a
driver for refusing to travel on
the foot board to make room for
a European passenger. These
events were a turning point in his
life, awakening him to social

1899
ambulance
corps
During the Boer
War,
Gandhi formed
the Indian
Ambulance
Corps

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1902
family
Kasturbai and
four children (all
boys):
Harilal, born in 1888
Manilal, born in 1892
Ramdas, born in
1897
Devdas, born in 1900

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Maturing in South Africa

Gandhi and his wife Kasturba in South Africa (1902)

1912
with Gokhale
Many important Indians
had become aware of
Gandhis campaigning in
South Africa
Here he is shown with
Gokhale, a senior leader of
the Indian Nationalist
movement, who
became Gandhis political
guru

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1913
Transvaal
march
A protest against the
ban on Indian
immigration, and the
ruling that only
Christian marriages
were legal

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1913
Satyagraha
Gandhi called his
method Satyagraha,
meaning
struggle for truth
He was prepared to
sacrifice his own wellbeing in order to change
the hearts of his
opponents

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1913
the Satyagrahi
Gandhi ceased to
wear European clothes
He believed that
simple dress was
appropriate for
defending the
rights of ordinary
Indians

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Gandhi led a very simple life

Gandhi spinning thread

Gandhi reading a newspaper

Mahatma Gandhi's room at Sabarmati Ashram

1915
a hero in India
Gandhis successes in
South Africa were well
known throughout
India
In this picture he is
welcomed in Karachi,
now in modern-day
Pakistan

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1929
Gandhi
This picture shows the
iconic Gandhi, who had
developed by the age of
60
By this time Gandhi had
established himself on
the Indian political
scene, and achieved
many notable victories

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1930
Salt march
Gandhi was very clever at
picking his campaign
issues
Although the British tax on
salt did not raise much
money, it was symbolic of
the lack of freedom
for Indians in their
own country

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1931
round the table
It seemed that the
British government was
taking Indian demands
for independence
seriously
A conference was
organised in London,
but nothing changed

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Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru work

to prepare for independence.

Gandhi-Nehru in a happy mood

Gandhiji and Nehruji on serious

discussions for attaining
independence to India

Gandhiji with Jinnah, leader of

the Muslim faction in 1944

Gandhiji addressing a huge gathering

Independence
When the moment of
freedom came, on 15
August 1947, Gandhi
was nowhere to be
seen in the capital,
though Nehru and
the entire
Constituent Assembly
were to salute him as
the architect of
Indian independence,
as the 'father of the
nation'.

1948
When he was
assassinated by a
Hindu extremist his
last words were
Hey Rama
(O God)

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Mahatma Gandhi The Father of India (1869-1948)

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