Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. He became one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the 1900's. Gandhi helped free the indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance, and is honored by indians as the father of the Indian Nation.
The indian people called Gandhiji "Mahatma", meaning Great Soul. At the age of 13 Gandhi married Kasturba, a girl the same age. Their parents arranged their marriage. The Gandhis had four children. Gandhi studied law in London and returned to India in 1891 to practice. In 1893 he took on a one-year contract to do legal work in South Africa.
At the time the British controlled South Africa. When he attemped to claim his rights as a British subject he was abused, and soon saw that all indians sufured similar treatment. Gandhi stayed in South Africa for 21 years working to secure rights for Indian people.
He developed at method of action based upon the principles of courage, nonviolence and truth called Satyagraha. Using the principles of this, he led the campaign for Indian independence from Britain. India was granted independence in 1947.
On January 30, 1948, at the age of 78 a Hindu fanatic, Nathuram Godse who opposed Gandhi's program of tolerance for all creeds and religion assassinated him.
Source: Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, from website:
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