Gandhi

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So, Gandhi, he's a cool guy.

Quick Bio: Born in 1869, October Second, Mohandas Gandhi was the last child of his father. Gandhi was a child to Karamchand Gandhi, and Putlibai Gandhi. He was a shy child, and was always quite obeidiant. At the young age of 13, Gandhi had an arranged marriage with Kasturba. At the age of 18, Gandhi took leave to London, to study there in order to become a lawyer. He left his wife and newborn son behind to go to school in London. 

 

  After an attempt to become a proper english gentlemen in London, Gandhi decided to just be himself, and focus on his studies. While in London, Gandhi found The London Vegetarian Society, where he really found his passion for vegetarianism. Most of the other Indian students ate meat while in London, but Gandhi stayed true to his beliefs, and his religion. While in this society of intellectual's, Ghandi learned many new concepts, and ways of thinking, which inspired him later on in his life. 

 

 When he got back to India, he remained there briefly. He didn't understand Indian law well enough, but he was offered a year long case in South Africa, which he accepted, and left his family once again. Gandhi had not known when he left about the discrimination against Indian people in the country. He began realizing that his kind were being discriminated when he had first class tickets to a train, but they refused to let him sit in first class, and tried to force him into third class seats. When he refused to sir in third class, he was physically kicked off the train. After much pondering, Gandhi decided to stay in South Africa, and fight discrimination. 

 

  Gandhi took his time, writing letters, organizing petitions, and other acts like this. His actions quickly became popular, and Gandhi formed his own organization, the Natal Indian Congress(NIC). In only a couple years, he went from a shy young boy, to leader of the Indian community in South Africa. After three years, Gandhi sailed back to India to bring his family back his wife and two sons to South Africa. When his family arrived in South Africa, his writing on Indian issues had been heavily exaggerated, and many white people thought that he was bringing back an army. The ship remained in quarantine for a while. When they were finally released, Gandhi managed to get his family to safety, but he was attacked by a mob. He was then escorted to safety by police, with injury.

 

  After fighting discrimination for twenty years in South Africa, Gandhi decided to head home, but stopped by England also. After a year of traveling around India, Gandhi quickly began protesting a new British Act. The Act stated that The British could rule out anybody in India with 'revolutionary' thought, and could lock them up as long as they want, with no trial. Up until this point, Gandhi was relatively on good terms with the British. Gandhi was then sentenced to jail for six years, but released in two due to poor health. Soon after his release, he went on a tweleve day fast to end violence between Muslims and Hindu's, this stopped temporarily.

 

 After many more protests, and fasts including the 'Salt March', India finally became independent. However, they became independent as a civil war was going on in India between Muslims and Hindu's. In an attempt to stop this ongoing violence, Gandhi went on a fast, in which he said he would continue until the violence has stopped. Since he was very old at this point, people worried that Gandhi would die, and many representatives came to Gandhi with promise of peace. Not everybody wanted peace, and many were angry that Muslims got their own section of India(Pakistan), so on January 30, 1948, the 78-year-old Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.

 

List of things he accomplished/protested/random other stuff he did: Spring 1894: Gandhi decides to stay on South Africa, and founds the Natal Indian Congress, which will help against Indian discrimination in South Africa.

 

October 1899: Gandhi organizes an abulance corps of Indians for the British army during The Boer War. 

 

July 31, 1907: The Boer Republic Transvaal, under the control of the British, wants to make all Indians members. Gandhi and many other indians refuse to become members, this is the first time Gandhi will use non-cooperation to protest, and popularize that form of peacfull rebellion to the world. 

 

January 11, 1908: Gandhi gets arrested, sentenced for two months.

 

October 10, 1908: Gandhi is arrested again, spends a month in jail. 

 

1909: Gandhi goes to London, in pursuit of giving more rights to Indians in South

Africa. The Transvaal registration law is ended because of Gandhi.

 

November 13, 1913: Many Indians under Gandhi's leadership, peacefully protest a racist poll tax and marriage laws. 

 

June 30, 1914: Gandhi and the Prime Minister meet, and make a deal, thus ending the protests.

 

April 6, 1919: Gandhi and many others hold a day of fasting and prayer, in protest of the Rowlatt Act, which drastically affects civil liberties in India. 

 

August 1, 1920: Gandhi tells all Indians to not cooperate, in response to british troops arresting all protesters with no trial.

 

March 10, 1922: Gandhi is arrested for sedition. 

 

March 1922-January 1924: Gandhi remains in prison. 

 

January 26, 1930: Gandhi creates the Declaration of Independence of India. 

 

March 2, 1931: Gandhi tells the Viceroy that he does intent to protest the salt law.

 

March 12-April 6, 1931: Gandhi begins protest of the salt salt law, and leads a salt march to the sea.

 

May 5, 1931: Gandhi gets arrested for breaking the salt law. Peaceful protests, and non-cooperation happen against the salt law.

 

January 1931: British government gives in to protests, releases all prisoners,and invites Gandhi to a round table conference to discuss issues.

 

January 4, 1932: Gandhi is arrested for sedition, without trial.

 

August 8, 1942: The Indian National Congress states that it will support Britain in the war, only if it is made independent.

 

August 1942: Gandhi is imprisoned in the Aga Khan's palace, along with the rest of the Indian National Congress.

 

February 10 to March 2, 1943: Gandhi fasts while imprisoned, to protest British rule. 

 

May 6, 1944: Gandhi is released from prison.

 

August 15, 1947: ·Indian independence becomes official, as does the partition into two countries, India and Pakistan. This was all heavily influenced and supported by Gandhi.

 

August-December 1948: India goes into complete chaos, and a civil war unfolds between Muslims and Hindus. Many Muslims flee to Pakistan. Gandhi makes many attempts to stop the violence, but even he could not end it.

 

So ya, if you want to learn more about Gandhi for some reason, here it is written by me. Basically just summarized info from other sources.

[Wolf Druid Ouity 1461]

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I don't know what that face is, but it best be Gandhi related, mofo.

[Wolf Druid Ouity 1461]

I don't know what that face is, but it best be Gandhi related, mofo.

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You don't know of the me gusta face? Bro, learn your memes!

Meh, never liked memes that much, what is it?

[-The Doctor- 65]

Fact: Gandhi will cram nukes down your throat if you let him get to the modern age.

[Aislin 4354]

Violence?

 

  

[Lark 2227]

Fact: Gandhi will cram nukes down your throat if you let him get to the modern age.

Peace and civil disobedience? Not when I have Tunuk Tunuk Tunukes and tun tun tuns of them *****! - Ghandi, Civ V

[Quavinir_Twiceborn 1050]

Fun fact: Ghandi was a super-callused-fragile-mystic-plagued-with-halitosis

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Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.