He set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination. He was widely respected and his word was law unto the people. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. Karamchand was an honest, brave and large-hearted man. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. This essay takes you through his life history, including his philosophy of Satyagraha, non-cooperation, assassination etc. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, he moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian political and civil rights leader who played an important role in India’s struggle for independence. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.īorn and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, and was called to the bar at age 22 in June 1891. Gandhi is often called Bapu in India, a term of endearment that means 'father.' Gandhi fought for much more than independence. The honorific title Mahatma, or 'Great Soul,' was given to him in 1914. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 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 and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
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