Gandhi Thrown off the train

Gandhi was sitting in first class while on his way to South Africa for work as an attorney. The British conductor working on the train notices that Gandhi who is not a white man, is sitting in first class. The conductor confronts Gandhi on how he was able to get a first class ticket as someone who was not white. Gandhi informs the conductor that he did buy the ticket, but the conductor was not allowing it he told Gandhi to move to third class or he would be kicked off the train. Gandhi refused and was then kicked off the train. This encounter was the start of his fight for independence.

Burning the Passes 

For any person who wasn't white in South Africa was required to carry around an ID pass that if asked by an officer,  they would be able to present immediately. If you didn't cooperate you would be sent to jail. Gandhi didn't like that anyone who wasn't white would have to present their pass so, he decided to make a statement. He and other people with the same feelings all joined together where they burned the pass. Since the passes were government property Gandhi was breaking the law and was warned to stop or he would  be forced to. Gandhi continued and he was beaten and even then he still continued, until finally they beat him again along with sending him to jail.

Gandhi's experience in India

After Gandhi decided to leave South Africa, he went to India to try and get connected to it as someone who is from there. When he gets there he is applauded and taken on a carriage ride throughout India and he was severally disappointed by what he saw. He notices that it is really crowded, theirs people all over the streets, and they had little money which they were begging for. While Gandhi is seeing all of this he is on his way to a party full of rich people. He doesn't like what he saw so he created an Ashram. In the Ashram there were many different religions and cultures working and were seen as equal. They all had to work on the ashram and do tasks they may have before though it was beneath them. This created the idea that no matter what religion you were people could be treated and seen as equal.

Gandhi's day of Fasting and Prayer

The British decided to change their laws, they could arrest anyone they wanted with or without reason. In response to this Gandhi proposed a day of fasting and prayer. On this day everyone would go to the temple and pray along with not going to work. While everyone gathered on this day, the British came and opened fire at the group without a cause. The officer saw no threat or cause, but he still let his soldiers fire on the densest parts of the crowd. In this crowd there were men, women, and children. Everyone was running trying to escape, doing whatever they could possibly think of. When the British noticed that they were finding a way out they turned to face them and once more open fired on them. There were 1516 causalities with 1650 bullets.

British Clothing Protest 

Gandhi realized that a lot of people were buying their clothing from the British which means that the people in India weren't making that much money. So, Gandhi proposed that everyone burn their clothing bought from the British. Beside protesting for the people he also wanted the protest to symbolize the burning of the British control over India. So all over India there were protesters all over the streets. In one case all the protesters were chanting for the burning of the clothing when a few of them got left behind. This is when a few British officers found them and beat them. The protesters heard their cries for help so they chased the officers back into their police headquarters. The protesters then broke the windows and threw torches inside forcing the police out. Once they came out the protesters beat them and one of their heads got ripped off. After this entire event there was still people marching and protesting with violence, so Gandhi fasted until he heard that all of the violence had been stopped.

Salt March