Friday, January 21, 2011

Imprtant People Part 1: Mohanda Ganhdi

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
                             -An original quote from Mohandas Gandhi
Gandhi is known as the father of Indian independence and the man who created Civil Disobedience. Many people may not know but for many years Britain controlled India, it was only another one of its colonies. Gandhi used Civil Disobedience which was a mass form of non violent protest to help his country. He organized rallies, marches, and many other events to help gain independence. Gandhi Began his protest in 1915, and continued them up to his assassination in 1945. A little known fact is that before his assassination 5 other attempts to kill him where made. But it wasn’t for nothing in 1948 England left the empire behind, and broke it into two countries, Pakistan and India. October 3rd is his day of birth and it is a national holiday in many places.

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