Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

March 18, 2010 04:00:00 am

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule.

Read Gandhi’s famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

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