Mohandas Ghandi
- Leader of the Indian Congress Party
- Politician with a background of a lawyer (well-educated)
- Upperclass family sent him to South Africa to become a lawyer
- Followed pacifism (non-violent resistance) against British
- Right hand man was Jawaharlal Nehru
- Believed that Hindus and Muslims could share an independent India
- Declared independence for India on Jan. 26, 1930
- Assassinated by a fellow Hindu after the partition of 1947
- Began civil disobedience
Summary.
Mohandas Ghandi was the leader of the Indian Congress Party, sent to South Africa to study Law he instead began practicing pacifism protesting against the British. Grandi believed that the Muslims and Hindus could share an independent India declaring independence for india on January 26, 1930. Ghandi was assassinated in 1947 following the partition.
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