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    Inside Out

    Mahatma Gandhi (1,7 ns)


    WORKSHEET A

    In the 1930s and 40s Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the most important
    leaders of the movement that was struggling to free India from British rule and make
    it an independent country, a goal that was finally achieved in August 1947. However,
    that isn’t enough to explain why so many people think of Gandhi as one of the
    greatest political figures of the 20th century. What really made him special was his
    belief in non-violent resistance to British economic, political and military power: he
    believed the way forward for the Indian independence movement – and for all people
    suffering oppression – was simple ‘non-cooperation’ rather than violence. Non-
    cooperation included non-violence, boycotts, the refusal to pay taxes, and the
    willingness to go to prison if necessary – tactics that were effective in putting pressure
    on the British authorities.
    Gandhi’s way of thinking certainly influenced the leaders of other 20th-century
    freedom struggles, such as Martin Luther King in the United States and Nelson
    Mandela in South Africa.
    Gandhi was born in the northern Indian state of Gujarat, the son of an important local
    politician. His parents arranged for him to get married at the extremely young age of
    thirteen, and he became a father before he was twenty. His family wanted him to
    become a lawyer and sent him to study law at university in London, where his hate
    for English food was one of the things that made him become a vegetarian for the rest
    of his life.
    In 1893 he went to work as a lawyer in South Africa, where his political beliefs began
    to develop as he saw the discrimination suffered by non-white people, including the
    country’s large Indian community. He also moved closer to Hindu religious ideas,
    particularly ahimsa or non-violence.
    After returning to India he decided to live a life of ‘simplicity’, which meant giving
    up unnecessary spending and owning as few clothes as possible. In 1918 he
    encouraged poor farmers in Gujarat to resist a new tax introduced by the British. The
    authorities put him in prison, but thousands of people protested and soon he was
    released. The British settled with the poor farmers, and Gandhi became famous all
    over India.
    Over the next 30 years he devoted himself to the cause of Indian independence. He
    lived long enough to see his dream become true, but he was sad to see the violence
    that surrounded the division of the subcontinent into two countries for Hindus and
    Muslims respectively – India and Pakistan – because he had always believed that the
    followers of the two religions should be able to live together peacefully.

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    Inside Out
    Mahatma Gandhi WORKSHEET B

    A
    Fill the twelve gaps in the text on Worksheet A with the correct words from the box
    below. There are four words that you will not be able to use.

    barrister bombs encouraged reality


    ideas cause elections strikes
    resistance compromised independent poor
    owning dislike mistake discrimination

    B
    Below are five quotes by Gandhi. Can you guess what the missing words might be?

    1. ‘There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am
    prepared to ___________ for.’

    2. ‘Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with ___________.’

    3. ‘What do I think of Western ____________? I think it would be a very good idea.’

    4. ‘Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s
    ____________.’

    5. ‘You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you
    will never imprison my ____________.’

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    It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007.

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