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Gagan : Smt Kasturba Gandhi.

Teacher : Yes. Do you know, Gandhiji was one of the few Indians who

studied law in London? He returned to India in 1891 to practise.
In 1893, he took on a one-year contract to do legal work in South

Africa. Students, do you know where Gandhiji started his struggle
for freedom?

Anup : He started fighting against the British from South Africa. Our S.St.
teacher told us that at that time the British controlled South

Africa.

Teacher : Exactly. When he tried to claim his rights as a British subject, he

was abused and soon he saw that all Indians suffered similar
treatment. Gandhiji stayed in South Africa for 21 years working

to secure rights for Indian people.

He developed a method of abused : subjected to cruel treatment

action based upon the suffered : feeling unwell
non-violence : abstaining from the use
principles of courage, non-
of violence
violence and truth called

‘Satyagraha’. ‘Satyagraha’ promoted non-violence and civil
disobedience as the most appropriate methods for obtaining

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