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his own family). Gandhi was hardly 18. But he discovered that he was not the
man to be cowed down. He did not reply with anger or bitterness. He remained
calm, and told the elders of the caste that he had made up his mind to go. He
respected them. But he would not obey their order, and would readily face the
consequences of his disobedience. In later years, Gandhi cited this as the first
occasion on which he resorted to Satyagraha, though he did not know then his
was an act of Satyagraha.
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