The achievements and life of Gandhi

1. The achievements and life of Gandhi By: Ashley Meier

2. Introduction to Gandhi’s life: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869. Gandhi was born in in Porbandar, a small state in western India. His grandfather, father and uncle had served as prime ministers for the princess of Porbandar, So Gandhi grew up in a well mannered, religious middle class Hindu family. Gandhi’s family were severely vegetarian, Gandhi wanted to be but never could live with the guilt and sins of going behind his parents back. At age 6 Gandhi attended school in Porbandar, which he had trouble learning. At age 13 Gandhi was arranged and was married to Kasturbai. Gandhi later went on to become a lawyer.

3. Chapter 1: the wrongs must be made right We enter in the year 1893, young Gandhi is sitting on a pritorian train on his way to South Africa, when a station employee walked up and had saw that Gandhi was an Indian and Indians did not belong in 1st class , but Gandhi did not feel that was right, and he refused to move to 3rd class. He had payed for his ticket and that he deserved the seat had been sitting in. So the station employee had thrown him off the train this left Gandhi furious and ready to make a change. Sick and tired of the injustice laws and ways the Indians are being treated, Gandhi is ready to start enforcing his civil disobedience. Gandhi had tried getting all of the Indians together, to finally burn the wrongful and unfair passbooks that the had to carry around. While there not many showed up, but it was only the start. Gandhi’s close friend was the first

4. to throw his passbook into the fire, British police appalled and furious by the actions he had taken, had beaten him in front of everyone of the Indians. Gandhi's friend was then arrested. Gandhi and all the others were then warned that if they had tried to throw theirs in they would be arrested. So Gandhi, going against the British threw one out, the officer hit him with his weapon. Gandhi kept throwing them into the fire stride by stride, each time getting hit by the officer’s weapon. Until he finally was unable to move.

5. Chapter 2: non violence, Hindus vs. Muslims. After this moment, things in India were needed to change. Gandhi had also went through changes himself. Gandhi had been thrown into jail many times, every time he had people would riot and this would upset him greatly. Gandhi did not believe in violence, Fighting back was not needed. So every time, violence would occur, he would fast and make sure word got out to everyone, because without him no justice will be served and India won’t be free. So the violence would end between the Indian's. If it wasn’t the problem with rioting for the freedom of Gandhi, it was the constant fighting between Hindus and Muslims.

6. The Hindus and Muslims, could not make up who had more power than the other. So the fights were uncontrollable, no matter what. Gandhi always believed that Hindu’s and Muslim’s are brothers and should live in peace. Gandhi was both Hindu and Muslim, So he never believed to give one religion more power than the other. But no one ever agreed to it. Muslim’s believed they were more powerful and should be in higher roles in government than the Hindus.

7. Chapter 3: Gandhi’s road to change Gandhi had gone threw many strides to make a difference in India. Many major events happened through the time Gandhi was in control. Such as the Amritsar massacre. Thousands of Indians were murdered, children were left with no parents. This was a true act of cruelty and evil. Another major event was the salt march where Gandhi. .