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GANDHI – A Biography for children and beginners

opulence. "Whenever I hear of a great palace rising in any great city of India,

be it in British India or be it in India which is ruled by our great chiefs, I

become jealous at once and I say: 'Oh, it is the money that has come from the
agriculturists'." He said that tears rose in his eyes when he thought of the

starving toilers who produced all wealth, but did not get two square meals a

day. India would have no peace or progress till the poor came into their own.

The Chair tried to stop Gandhi, but he was undaunted. Finally, bowing to the
Chair, he sat down. But he had sounded the bugle of revolt and revolution, and

sent a message of hope to the people who were groaning under exploitation.

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