Experiences of Gandhi as a Law Student in London
Mahatma Gandhi sailed for England on 4th September, 1888 to study law and come a barrister. He kept terms at the Inner Temple and after nine months' ferocious study he took all his subjects in one examination which he passed. He was called to the Bar on 10th June, 1891 and was enrolled in the High Court of England the coming day. A day latterly, he sailed home. After his return to India he started practice as a counsel at first in the High Court at Bombay and a little latterly in Rajkot but didn't make important advance in the profession. It was only when the hand of fortune guided his way to South Africa that he soon made his mark there as a counsel and as a public worker. Experiences of Gandhi as a Law Student in London Gandhiji rehearsed as a counsel for over twenty times before he gave up the practice of the profession in order to devote all his time and energy to public service. The precious experience and skill that he acquired in the course of his large and economic practice stood him in good vantage in fighting his battles with the South African and British governments for securing political, profitable and social justice for his fellow- countrymen. Gandhiji wasn't a visionary but a practical romanticist. As Sir Stafford Cripps has remarked"He was no simple Jeremiah; combined with his religious outlook was his counsel- trained mind, quick and apt in logic. He was a redoubtable opponent in argument.
Gandhiji went to South Africa in April 1893 and stayed for a whole time in Pretoria in connection with the case of Sheth Dada Abdulla who was involved in a civil suit with his near relative Sheth Tyeb Haji Khan Mahammad who also stayed in Pretoria. The time's stay in Pretoria proved to be a most precious experience in Gandhiji's life. Experiences of Gandhi as a Law Student in London Then it was that he'd openings of learning public work and acquired some measure of his capacity for it. Then it was that the religious spirit within him came a living force. It was then too that he acquired a true knowledge of legal practice and learnt the effects that a inferior barrister learns in a elderly barrister's chamber and also gained confidence that he'd not later each fail as a counsel. It was likewise then that he learnt the secret of success as a counsel.