EPS 12 - Tolstoy Farm

When the first thrust of Gandhis resistance simmered down in 1908, he moved to the Transvaal and in 1910, with donated land created Tolstoy farm, where he introduced his theories on communal living. Around 70 - 80 people lived in this "co-operative commonwealth", representative of a variety of religions, origins and languages in simple communal living with a structured routine of work, school (by Gandhi), and respectful of each others beliefs and ideologies. This lifestyle created the sense of unity in diversity that kept the movement of Satyagraha strong enough to both withstand the brutalities of the South African government, and to bring the changes in legislation the movement sought.

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