The Story of My Experiments with Truth Part 2, Chapter 17 Summary

Settled in Natal

  • The Franchise Bill is passed, but Gandhi and his volunteers feel encouraged by the solidarity they have formed in opposing it.
  • They decide to submit a huge petition for voting rights to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with copies sent to the press.
  • They accomplish this task.
  • The volunteers wish to pay Gandhi for his public work, but he refuses and gets legal work from them instead to support himself.