Gandhi -

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”-Gandhi

backround info

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869
•  he was born in Porbandar, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat. 
• Gandhi died in Delhi on January 30 1948 
• he was shot to death by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic 
• At age thirteen he was married to Kasturba

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• World War I became the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain.
• Gandhi was imprisoned several times during his pursuit of non-cooperation.
• he undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of India’s poorest classes, among other injustices

In the famous Salt March of April-May 1930, thousands of Indians followed Gandhi from Ahmadabad to the Arabian Sea. The march resulted in the arrest of nearly 60,000 people, including Gandhi himself.

positive effects

• people still practice Hindu belifes
• Gandhi still inspires people in the modern world today 
• people learned how react without violence. 

neggative effects

• hundreds of thousands of people were arrested during his marches  
• people were also arrested during his hunger strikes 
• people were imprisoned and were away from their families   

work cited

• http://www.history.com/topics/mahatma-gandhi
• http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html