. .. In the 3 rd week of November 1887 , Mohandas (Karamchand Gandhi ) went to Ahmedabad to sit the Metric Exam (conducted by Bombay University) , travelling by train . This was his first journey by that mode of transport , as well as his first visit to the largest city in the Gujrati - speaking world . .. In January 1888 , the metriculation results were published in the Kattywar Gazette . More than 3000 candidates had sat the test , of whom less than 30 % were successful . Mohandas was one of them . He did best in English and Gujrati averaging about 45 % in each , but less well in Mathematics and History / Geography . His overall percentage was a modest 40 % . He was ranked 404 th in the province ( of Kathiawar ) , out of 823 students who had qualified in the examination . .. .. In the last week of March 1890 - a year and a half after he had left India for England - Mohandas sat his first set of Law Examinations . When the results were announced he found he had done rather better than in the Bombay Metriculation , coming 6 th in a set of 46 . His name appeared ( for the first time ) in The Times , placed alongside other successful candidates . .. In December of the same year Gandhi sat the final examination . A month later , on 12 th January 1891 he was told that he had passed successfully , coming 34 th out of 109 . .. .. From Gandhi before India ..
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