Mahatma Gandhi

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Do visit a very good link on Mahatma Gandhi at

 

http://web.mahatma.org.in

 

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Namaste,

 

Here are two reliable accounts:

 

http://www.mkgandhi.org/biography_content/index.htm

 

Year Month Date Event

1869 October 2 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born of a Bania (Vaishya or

trading caste) family at Porbunder, Kathiawar, the youngest of the

three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister

successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth

wife Putlibai

1876 Goes to Rajkot with parents; attends primary school there

till twelfth year; is betrothed to Kasturbai, daughter of Gokuldas

Makanji, merchant.

1881 Enters High School at Rajkot

1883 Marries Kasturbai

1884-85 Takes to meat-eating in secret, but abandons habit after

about a year to avoid deceiving his parents.

Father dies, aged 63.

1887 Passes Matriculation examination; joins Samaldas College at

Bhavnagar (Kathiawar), but gives up studies at close of first term.

1888 September 4 Sails for England.

October 28 Reaches London.

Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a

short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's

equipment.

1889 Reads books on simple living and decides to reduce expenses

by half; studies religious literature; reads Gita for first time and

is deeply impressed

1890 Cultivates contacts with vegetarian movement; for short

while conducts vegetarian club.

June Passes London Matric.

September Joins Vegetarian Society.

1891 June 10 Called to the Bar.

12 Sails for India.

July Reaches Bombay.

November Applies for admission to Bombay High Court.

1892 Struggles with legal practice at Rajkot and Bombay; later

settles down at former place as legal draftman.

 

 

http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/persons/mk-gandhi.html

 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into the family of the dewan of

Porbandar in 1869. The town was the capital of a tiny Rajput kingdom

of the same name, and had gained in importance since 1857, because

the British were using it as a center for extending their influence

further west. As the prime minister of this state, Mohandas' father

was strongly involved in the complicated local politics. When the boy

was seven, his family moved to Rajkot, and his father became the

dewan of that principality.

 

Gandhi's formal education began immediately on the move to Rajkot,

where he enrolled in a school created by the British. Except in his

early years, all his schooling was done in English. However, at home

the influence of Western secular thought was minimal, and he was

exposed to traditional Jain influences. In his later autobiography he

records a major deviation from tradition in his secret experiments

with eating meat when he was in his early teens. He seems to have

reverted to vegetarianism quite soon.

 

When he was sixteen, his father died, leaving him to become the prime

minister of Rajkot. Six months later, the British took over direct

control of the kingdom and removed many members of his family from

the administration. A friend of the family then advised him to go to

London to study law. Having taken a vow not to touch meat, wine or

women, he left the country in 1886.

 

The Lawyer

His stay in London was crucial to his later career. He was admitted

to the bar after the completion of his studies. More important, he

came into contact with people of other religions who had voluntarily

adopted lifestyles similiar to his own-- including vegetarianism and

a belief in non-violence.

 

He returned to India in 1890, a few months after the death of his

mother. The twenty-one year old Gandhi tried to set up a practice in

Bombay, but failed, and had to move to his home town, where he joined

his brother in doing petty legal work. Restless in his old

surroundings, he soon left for South Africa, where his brother had

found him a job with a trading firm.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

Ramakrishna, " Rajah " <rajah@x> wrote:

 

>

> How did he become a lawyer and get admitted to the Bar in England

> if he didn't have degrees? Does anyone know what qualifications he

> had to work as a lawyer in South Africa/India at that time please?

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Ramakrishna, " Rajah " <rajah@x> wrote:

> Mahatma Gandhi said,

> " I admit my limitations. I have no university education worth the

name. My high school career was never above the average. I was

thankful if I could pass my examinations. Distinction in the school

was beyond my aspiration. "

>

> How did he become a lawyer and get admitted to the Bar in England

> if he didn't have degrees? Does anyone know what qualifications he

> had to work as a lawyer in South Africa/India at that time please?

>

> Thank you

> Ahimsa ...

> Timita P.

>

> ====================================================

> I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I

must reduce myself to zero. So long as one does not of his own free

will put himself last among his fellow-creatures, there is no

salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility. -

Mahatma Gandhi

>

>

>

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> He did it. With Faith and Honesty. The how part is well explained

by

> him in his autobiography, My Experiments with Truth,the story of,

> available online at, http://www.mahatma.org.in/books/showbook.jsp?

> id=13 & link=bg & book=bg0001 & lang=en & cat=books

>

>

> Sam

 

Seems the link doesnt work directly. Try http://www.mkgandhi.org/ and

go to autobiography. Regret inconvenience.

 

Sam

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