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> Mahama Gandhi didn't work for the East India company while simultaneously fighting for freedom. Given that the East India Company was dissolved when he was 5
by jogjayr 7y ago
> Mahama Gandhi didn't work for the East India company while simultaneously fighting for freedom.
Given that the East India Company was dissolved when he was 5, this would've been difficult.[1][2]
He did however work in the ambulance corps for the British Army in the Boer War. And advocated for cooperation with the British government in WW1 right up until the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.[3]
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi#Champaran_and_Kheda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi#Champaran_and_K...