MAHATMA GANDHI
MAHATMA GANDHI (1869-1948) Mahatma Gandhi was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world. Until Gandhi was assassinated in 1948, his life and teachings inspired activists including Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Mahatma Gandhi is widely recognized as one of the twentieth century’s greatest political and spiritual leaders. He has become an icon of peace and non-violence, internationally. Having truth as the highest ideal of his life, Gandhi’s voice represented major issues of his time. He insisted that all people in this world had equal rights. Honored in India as the father of the nation, he pioneered and practiced the principle of Satyagraha - resistance to tyranny through mass nonviolent civil disobedience. Mahatma (born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India, which was then part of the British Empire. Althoug