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These conditions were amply demonstrated in the beginning of his career in India during the strike against mill-owners, when volunteers from strikers to fill sand in Ashram were sought. Anasuyabehn led the way with a basket on her head and soon stream of striking labourers carrying on head appeared.... 56
He set up Sabarmati Ashram sited between a jail and a crematorium, as he believed that a satyagrahi has invariably to go to either place. As already mentioned, some rules and regulations, known as Ekadash Vrata were written and adopted for practice by all inhabitants of the Ashram.58
He found that the masses were illiterate. So he started setting up schools wherever he went for Satyagrahis and their families. He set up newspapers like Young India, Harijan, Navjivan to popularize his day to day thinking and activities.
He conducted the first experiment of Satyagraha in India during the first meeting at a reception at Mr Jehangir Petit's place in Bombay. He wore the typical Kathiawadi cloak, turban and dhoti when everyone else was dressed in western cloths in the glittering hall. He did so again in the reception by Gujaratis where Jinnah also attended. Everyone spoke in English but he spoke in Gujarati.
He continued the practice of Satyagraha all through, first by starting it on a local nature (Kheda, Mill-owners strike and Champaran) and later extended it to entire India. Kheda Satyagraha marks the beginning of an awakening amongst the peasants of Gujarat and the beginning of their true political education.59
He used different names like Civil disobedience, Dandi March, Do or Die, Swadeshi, Swaraj and Quit India movement for
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| SR No. | 007798 |
| Book Title | Gandhi And Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shugan C Jain |
| Publisher | International School for Jain Studies |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| Total Pages | 339 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 120 MB |