Joost hiltermann biography of mahatma gandhi for kids

His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until Initially Gandhi refused to get involved in politics, but the harsh methods used by the British authorities in India to keep control during World War 1 forced him to begin organising demonstrations, protests and boycotts. The purpose of the Act was to curb the growing nationalist upsurge in the country.

He was given this name for all of the work he did to achieve Indian independence. On 13 April , over 10, men, women and children gathered in an enclosed park in Amritsar, the Jallianwala Bagh, which had only one accessible exit. The British authorities had given orders banning large gatherings of people, but not everyone had been made aware of this.

Some had gathered to celebrate a Sikh close Sikh Sikhs are followers of the religion Sikhism.

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Sikhs believe in one God who guides and protects them. They believe everyone is equal before God. Sikhs believe that your actions are important and you should lead a good life. Without warning Colonel Dyer, a British general, had his troops block the only exit and shoot into the unarmed crowd. Initially over people were estimated killed, with over a thousand more injured.

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the greatest political and social leaders of the 20th century.

Historians now suggest that the death toll may have been higher. Reports of the massacre spread across the world. Calls to give India its independence began to grow.