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Ghandi was born on October 2 in 1869 in Porbandar, India.
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He married Kasturba Makanji in an arranged marriage at 13 years old.
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Ghandi travels to London to study law in the Inner Temple.
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He returns to India after completing his law degree, but has trouble finding work.
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He accepts a job with an Indian firm in South Africa.
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He organizes the Indian community in South Africa to protest discrimination.
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He launches his first campaign of nonviolent resistance against unjust South African laws.
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He returns to India to lead the Indian independence movement. He began to promote simple loving, nonviolence, and self-reliance.
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British troops killed hundreds of Indian protesters.
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This urged Indians to boycott British goods, schools, and offices.
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He led the Salt March against British salt tax.
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He traveled to London to discuss India’s independence but failed.
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Launched the Quit India Movement demanding an end to British rule. He was then arrested and put in prison for 2 years.
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India gained independence from Britain on August 15, 1947.
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On January 30, 1948 Ghandi was assassinated in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse.