Gandhi Jayanti Story PowerPoint
1869-1948
Family Life
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was
born on 2nd October 1869. He was born
in Porbander in Gujarat.
Gandhi’s family were wealthy, and he
received a good education.
His father was the chief minister of
Porbander. His mother was highly
religious. She was Hindu, but believed
in Jain teachings of mutual respect and
not causing injury to living things.
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Studying
Gandhi was not very happy at
college, so when he was offered
the chance to study law in
London, he took it.
He worked hard and began to
study all religions. Until this
time, he had never really been
interested in religion.
When he returned to India, he
found it hard to find work, so
eventually took a job in South
Africa for a year.
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South Africa
Racism was a big problem in South
Africa. Black and Asian people were
not given the same rights as White
people. During his time in South
Africa, Gandhi experienced racism.
On one occasion, Gandhi was removed
from a train purely because he was not
a White person.
Another time, he was asked to remove
his turban. He refused and left the
courtroom.
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Gandhi and Politics
Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and
saw how oppressed India was.
He began to encourage people to stand
up for themselves and their rights in
peaceful protests and strikes.
The people were grateful that
somebody was interested in their
situation, and he became known as
Mahatma, meaning ‘Great Soul’.
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A Famous Leader
Gandhi’s fame began to spread. Indian people
saw him as their voice for freedom and
fairness. He started a boycott of buying
British goods.
This meant that he encouraged people not
to buy things made in Britain.
Eventually, Gandhi was sent to prison for
two years, in 1922. He went on many
hunger strikes to bring attention to the
unfair treatment of Indian people at the
hands of the British.
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The Salt March
When Gandhi was released, he
began a campaign to end the
British rule over the Indian
people.
In protest against a British tax
on salt, Gandhi and thousands
of his followers marched to the
sea to get their own.
Thousands of people joined
him on his march and 60,000
people were arrested, including
Gandhi.
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Civil Unrest
When the Second World War broke out,
Indian people fought for the British.
Gandhi did not see why they should when
they were being treated so unfairly at
home.
He was arrested for encouraging
people to rise up against Indian men
fighting for the British and spent two
years in prison.
Not everyone agreed with his beliefs
and, because he was so well known,
there were six attempts to kill him.
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India is Split
After the war, the British began to realise
that Gandhi had many followers and a lot
of influence on those people. As a result,
they had to allow India to become
independent.
Indian Flag
The Congress Party decided that it would
be better if they split India into two halves:
one being Hindu India and the other,
Muslim Pakistan.
Gandhi was unhappy about this and was
worried that the two sides could end up at
war with each other. Not everyone shared
Gandhi’s view. Pakistan Flag
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Death
On 30th January 1948, Gandhi was
assassinated while on his way to a prayer
meeting in Delhi.
Gandhi’s body was cremated. His ashes
are kept in the Aga Khan’s Palace in Pune,
where he was once a prisoner.
His birthday is now a national holiday in
India.
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Gandhi’s Quotes
‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.’
‘An eye for an eye only ends up leaving
the whole world blind.’
‘Be the change you want to see in the world.’
‘In a gentle way, you can shake the world.’
‘The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself
in the service of others.’
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