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Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma
Mohandas Gandhi
The face of Gandhi in old age—smiling, wearing glasses, and with a white sash over his right shoulder
Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869-10-02)2 October 1869
Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British Indian Empire
(now in Gujarat, India)
Died 30 January 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 78)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Cause of death Assassination by shooting
Resting place Ashes scattered in various Indian rivers
Nationality Indian
Other names Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhiji
Education barrister-at-law
Alma mater Kathiawar High School, Rajkot,
Samaldas College, Bhavnagar,
University College, London
Known for Leadership of Indian independence movement,
philosophy of Satyagraha, Ahimsa or nonviolence,
pacifism
Movement Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Kasturba Gandhi
Children Harilal
Manilal
Ramdas
Devdas
Parents
Signature
Mohandas K. Gandhi signature.svg

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡæn-/;Hindustani: [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi]; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable")—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa—is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa") and Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation.

Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, western India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, but above all for achieving Swaraj or self-rule.


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