1. MAHATMA GANDHI
1869-1948

2. At the age of 13, Gandhi
was married through his
parents' arrangements to
Kasturba Makhanji.
At the age of 18, Gandhi
went to University College
London to train as an
attorney.

3. South Africa changed Gandhi
dramatically, as he faced the
discrimination commonly
directed at blacks and Indians.

4. Upon his return to India, he
organized poor farmers and
laborers to protest against
oppressive taxation and
widespread discrimination.
Non-cooperation and
peaceful resistance were
Gandhi's "weapons" in the
fight against injustice.
Satyagraha

5. Gandhi was addressed by
the people as Bapu (Father)
and Mahatma (Great Soul).
Gandhi was arrested on
March 10, 1922, tried for
sedition, and sentenced to
six years imprisonment.

6. Gandhi launched a new
satyagraha against the tax on
salt in March 1930, marching
400 kilometres from
Ahmedabad to Dandi, Gujarat
to make salt himself.
This campaign was one of
his most successful at
upsetting British rule;
Britain responded by
imprisoning over 60,000
people.

7. On January 30, 1948,
Gandhi was shot and killed
while having his public walk
on the grounds of the Birla
Bhavan in New Delhi.

8. "An eye for an eye makes the
whole world blind."

9. Gandhi's accomplishments..
• India's independence 1947
• Influenced many influential leaders
– Martin Luther King Jr.
– Nelson Mandela
– Albert Einstein
“role model for the generations to come”
– Runner up “Person of the century”

10. Activity .
1. Mohandas K. Gandhi was a major political and spiritual
India Indian Independent Movement
leader of _____ and the ___________________.
2. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as
Mahatma Gandhi (_________) and as Bapu (______).
great soul father
truth
3. Gandhi practiced and advocated _________ even in the
non-violence
most extreme situations.
4. As a British-educated _____, Gandhi first employed his ideas
lawyer
of peaceful civil disobedience in the Indian community's
struggle for civil rights in ___________.
South Africa