Attorney

Leader of the indian independence movement

Childhood

Good caste, and solid social status

Called "Mahatma" or "Bapu"

"Mahatma"(Sanskrit) = "Great Soul"

"Bapu"(Sanskrit) = "Father of the Nation"

Too less experience with indian adjucation

To get clients, one had to bribe other, greater attorneys (who delivered some of their clients)

Shy person

Reads book "Unto this last" -> tries to loose material things

Tries to do everything on his own (Haircut, Meal, ...)

Occupies himself with kinds of civil disobedience

Begins to interfere in indian-british conflicts

His doctrin: non-violent! non-cooperative! but civil disobedience

famous "march of salt" with thousands of people

Member and president of the "Indian National Congress"

1942: Great Britain offers a bargain to stop the "war" -> Gandhi:"Leave india!"

Achievement: Independence of India with commercial relationship to GB

Civil War between Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs

Mass flight of muslims

Gandhi risks his life (hunger strike..) to make the conflicts come to an end