October 2, 1869

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Just finished weaving my latest cloth on my handwheel.

Kasturba Gandhi

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: My friend, I admire your never ending work and how truly driven you are to the cause of winning Indian Independence.

Gandhi: Thank you. I will not stop until my goal of achieving Indian self-rule is met through civil disobedience. We all must boycott the British goods to show how weak Britain authority is and end its economic power over our country.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Mahatma , I agree and your dedication is paying off. I just heard that the sale of British cloth has been declining rapidly. Great Britain is struggling to keep their factories and trains running and jails are severely overcrowded. Like so many others in our country , you have inspired me to also make my own cloth.Gandhi: That makes me so happy to hear my friend.

Like I have said so many times before, be the change you want to see in the world.

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Making the last preparations for The Salt March.

Gandhi: I am looking forward to our peaceful protest. This will be a great way to show our opposition to the salt tax in a nonviolent manner.

Rabindranath Tagore: I agree with you Mahatma. I trust you completely and know you will lead the Indian people through everything. That is why I first called you Mahatma, “great-souled” in the first place. So tell me what is the plan for this Salt March…

Gandhi: I still don’t feel worthy of that title, Rabindranath . But we are planning to walk 240 miles to the seacoast. Here we plan to make our own salt by collecting seawater and letting it evaporate. Then we will march to a site where the British government processes salt and we will attempt to shut it down.

So happy to be home and no longer a political prisoner under the British.

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Kasturba: I am so happy you have returned, my husband. I have missed you terribly as well as the rest of your family and followers.

Gandhi: I too have missed everyone. This has been my third time imprisoned by the terrible British. I know others have also been arrested and jailed by participating in these demonstrations, but we must not stop now or give up hope. We will find freedom and must intensify our mission.

Ramdas Gandhi: Bapu, the Salt March truly had a terrible outcome for our people. How can we continue to let innocent Indians including you to keep suffering from the injustices of Great Britain? Shouldn’t we use violence to win our fight now?

Gandhi: Ramdas, we must continue to use a non-violent approach because it is the right thing to do. Our weapon against the British is civil disobedience. Remember my son, an eye for an eye will only end up making the whole world blind.

Getting my thoughts together after the effects of the Salt March.

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Gandhi: After getting out of imprisonment I was disappointed to learn that 60,000 including myself were arrested after more demonstrations against the unfair salt tax took place. The British’s actions are completely wrong.

Webb Miller: Gandhi, I was reporting at The Salt March for The New York Times and I was disgusted in the way the British treated your followers. I was shocked in your followers ability to remain peaceful and not defend themselves after the beatings they endured. It was truly hard for me to write about this incident.

Gandhi: Yes, it truly was a terrible thing my followers had to endure but we will never use violence in our quest for independence.

Webb Miller: I understand and I am sorry for the painful outcome some of your followers suffered. However, it gives me great pleasure to tell you that this has won worldwide support for your independence movement. You are truly a man that I admire.

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Leo Tolstoy: Mahatma, I think it would be a good idea to write Adolf Hitler in Germany and share with him your knowledge of the importance of non-violence.

Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru: I agree with Leo, Mahatma, I think you should write Hitler for I fear he will chose a violent and terrible path. Advise him with your never-ending insight.

Gandhi: Fine, I will write to him, but only because you, my friends, believe so strongly that I should do this. This is what I will tell him. I will say that friends have urged me to write this letter for the sake of humanity. I will tell him that I have held off writing because I didn’t feel it was my place to advise him. I will continue by saying he can prevent this war and I will apologize if it had been my mistake to write him.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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October 2, 1869

Porbanadar, Gujarat, India.

Married

Hinduism

I enjoy writing novels about my political views. I also devote my time to spinning my own yarn on my spinning wheel. I also like discussing world issues with my friends.

I spend a lot of time calling on Indians to boycott British goods. I am always leading non-violent strikes and demonstrations. I pray and fast regularly.

Indian Music, Favorite song is Vaishnava Janto.

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Gandhi (1982)

Autobiography: My Experiments With Truth, All Men Are Brothers, India of My Dream, The Origin of Non-Violence

Died: January 30, 1948

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Civil disobedience, non-violent political resistance.

I am the leader of the Indian independence movement. I have four sons with my wife, Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas and Devdas. I have millions of followers due to the fact that my teachings blend ideas from Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity. I have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times.

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Devdas Gandhi

Harilal Gandhi

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My followers and I at The Salt March. Spinning my own cloth.

My wife and I getting ready to go and pray.

I am at a strike with my

followers.

Here I am sharing my teachings with

Indian villagers.

This is the symbol I have adopted for the Indian National Congress flag, which represents Indian resistance to British rule.

Preparing my followers for a non violent

demonstration.