A | B |
India | Gandhi's home country |
South Africa | where Gandhi spent 20 years |
Discrimination | treatment based on intolerance |
Kasturbai | Gandhi's wife |
thirteen | the age at which he married |
Barrister | his occupation after graduating |
Untouchable | a person avoided by someone of a high class |
Caste | the system of social order in India |
Satyagraha | a word meaning truth+persistence |
Spinning wheel | a symbol for home industries |
Fasting | going without food for a time |
Loincloth and shawl | Gandhi's clothing |
Salt | He led a revolt against this tax. |
British government | ruled India for 200 years |
Nehru | First prime minister of a free India |
Hindu and Muslim | The two religious groups in India. |
Pakistan | a country made for Muslim settlement |
Radical Hindu man | killed Gandhi |
"The light has gone out of our lives." | Nehru's eulogy at Gandhi's death |
Republic Day | India Independence Day |
Palace | where Gandhi visited in London |
2,089 | the number of days he was in jail in India |
249 | the number of days he was jailed in South Africa |
4 | the number of Gandhi's sons |
Mahatma | a word meaning "great-souled" |
cottage industry | work done from the home |
Martyr | a person who suffers for his beliefs |
eulogize | to praise and speak highly of |