Alex Malafy 4/06/01 Period 6 After Failing in Bombay to make a law practice Ghandi found himself 2 yrs later with an Indian firm with interests in South Africa retained him as legal adviser in its office in Durban. Arriving in Durban, Gandhi found himself treated as a member of an minor race. He was alarmed at the widespread denial of civil liberties and political rights to Indian immigrants to South Africa. He threw himself into the struggle …showed first 75 words of 492 total…

…showed last 75 words of 492 total…on January 30, 12 days after the termination of that fast, as he was on his way to his evening prayer meeting, he was assassinated by a fanatic Hindu. In conclusive I would like to say that Gandhi became the international symbol of a free India. He lived a spiritual and ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and meditation. Mahatma's political and spiritual hold on India was so great that the British authorities dared not interfere with him.