COLLEGE ENGLISH (THIRD EDITION)BOOK TwO 大学英精 INTENSIVE READING Unit 1 The Dinner Party Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)-Indian Nationalist Leader The campaign of nonviolent civil resistance organized by Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India led to the country's independence in 1947. A member of the merchant caste, Mohandas K. Gandhi later called Mahatma (Sanskrit for "great soul), Gandhi studied law in London, England. As a lawyer and later as a political activist, he effectively fought discrimination with the principles of truth, nonviolence, and courage, which he derived in part from the teachings of Hinduism W 上海外语教育出版社 BACKBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) -- Indian Nationalist Leader The campaign of nonviolent civil resistance organized by Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi against British rule in India led to the country’s independence in 1947. A member of the merchant caste, Mohandas K. Gandhi, later called Mahatma (Sanskrit for “great soul”), Gandhi studied law in London, England. As a lawyer and later as a political activist, he effectively fought discrimination with the principles of truth, nonviolence, and courage, which he derived in part from the teachings of Hinduism. ■