Mahatma Gandhi's Life and Achievements

• Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Gujarat, India
• He trained as a lawyer and began his political career in South Africa in 1893
• He returned to India in 1915 and soon led the Indian National Congress in campaigns for social and political reform
• In 1921, he assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress and led nationwide campaigns for Indian independence
• The British Indian Empire was partitioned into India and Pakistan in 1947, and Gandhi opposed the official celebration of independence
• In the months following, he undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence. The last of these, begun in January 1948, was also an attempt to pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.
• Gandhi died on January 30th, 1948.

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