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Biography of Mahatma Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in India. He became a respected spiritual and political leader who helped free India from British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience and satyagraha campaigns. Gandhi first applied these principles of nonviolence and truth in South Africa, where he lived for 21 years fighting for rights of Indians. Upon returning to India in 1915, he emerged as the leader of the Indian independence movement. Through sustained campaigns of noncooperation and civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence from Britain in 1947, though he was saddened by the partition into India and Pakistan.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in 1869 in India. He became a respected spiritual and political leader who helped free India from British rule through no

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.

October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948

Upon his death, Mohandas K. Gandhi was hailed by the London Times as “the most influential figure India has produced for generations” (“Mr. Gandhi”). Gandhi protested against racism in South Africa and colonial rule in India using nonviolent resistance. A testament to the revolutionary power of nonviolence, Gandhi’s approach directly influenced Martin Luther King, Jr., who argued that the Gandhian philosophy was “the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom” (Papers 4:478).

King first encountered Gandhian ideas during his studies at Crozer Theological Seminary. In a talk prepared for George Davis’ class, Christian Theology for Today, King included Gandhi among “individuals who greatly reveal the working of the Spirit of God” (Papers 1:249). In 1950, King heard Mordecai Johnson, president of Howard University, speak of his recent trip to India and Gandhi’s nonviolent resist

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Mahatma Gandhi

Indian independence activist (1869–1948)

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi^[c] (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)^[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world.^[3]

Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. Here, Gandhi raised a family and first employed no