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Mahatma Gandhi Biography. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also honored as Mahatma Gandhi was a preeminent figure in India’s struggle for Independence from British rule through his ideology of non-violence. He was a renowned freedom activist and the most influential political leader of India.
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2. Introduction Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October in Porbandar, a coastal town in present-day Gujarat, India. His father, Karamchand Gandhi (–), who belonged to the Hindu Modh community, was the d iwa n (Prime Minister) of Porbander state, a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as 'Mahatma Gandhi', was one of the greatest freedom fighters in India's history. He began his career as a lawyer in South Africa, where he experienced racial discrimination and fought for civil rights, founding the Natal Indian Congress in Gandhi believed strongly in non-violent protest and civil disobedience as strategies for achieving.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in in India and became one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the s. He helped free India from British rule through nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience. Gandhi developed the principles of satyagraha, or nonviolent resistance, which he used to lead campaigns for Indian independence and to promote religious and social.
Early life Mohandas Gandhi was born on October 2, , in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. He was the son of a Karamchand Gandhi, the dewan (Chief Minister) of Porbander, and Putliba, Karamchand's fourth wife. They were descendents of traders (The word "Gandhi" means grocer). At the age of 13 Gandhi married Kasturbai, who was of his same age.
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Revered the world over for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was known to his many followers as Mahatma, or “the great-souled one.” He began his.
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