The movie Gandhi begins with the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi on January 30, 1948. His assassination occurred because of the separation of Hindus and Muslims into India and Pakistan. The movie quickly moves back into Gandhi's earlier life where at this time during the story he is a practicing attorney. While traveling on a train in South Africa the conductor of the train wants him to move from his first class seat. The reason being he is an Indian. He refuses to give up his first class seat. This causes him to become upset and he decides to organize a burning of the discriminatory c…
