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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (–)
"Gandhi" redirects here. For other uses, see Gandhi (disambiguation).
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2October 30January )[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 , 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 After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21
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Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
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Family of Mahatma Gandhi
Not to be confused with Nehru–Gandhi family.
The Gandhi family is the family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October – 30 January ), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi; Mahatma meaning "high souled" or "venerable" in Sanskrit; [1] the particular term 'Mahatma' was accorded Mohandas Gandhi for the first time while he was still in South Africa, and not commonly heard as titular for any other civil figure even of similarly rarefied stature or living or posthumous presence.[2]
Mohandas Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Mohandas Gandhi has been called contemporary, post-colonial sovereign India's Father of the Nation, a title first given to him by Subhas Chandra Bose on 6 July during Bose's address on the Singapore Radio. On 28 April , Sarojini Naidu too referred to Gandhi with the title Father of the Nation.[3] Mohandas Gandhi is also referred to as Bapu (Gujarati: endear