Ghandi

In the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s the
people of northern Europe, southern Africa and
Asia were in despair. They had no leaders. They
were defenseless. India had been taken over by
the British Empire and now the 315 million Indians
were under the rule of the 100 thousand British
soldiers there. In Germany there were six
different political groups; nobody knew what to
do. These countries were in shock, they need a
change, but more importantly, they needed a
leader.
Mohandas K. Gandhi was a law student, born and
raised in India, but schooled in England. Early
on in his career he returned to his birthplace and
attempted to practice law there, but he was very
unsuccessful. A few years later he moved to South
Africa, and again attempted to set up a law
practice there. But South Africa was now in
British control and the Indian lawyer was
subjected to a lot of racial prejudice. Almost
immediately he was abused because of his heritage
and his ...