Life story
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in India. Trained as a lawyer, he came of age within a family and a country shaped by the presence of British colonial rule, and he carried the questions of his origins with him throughout his life.
It was during his years in South Africa that Gandhi first developed the method of nonviolent resistance that would define his work. The honorific Mahatma, meaning great-souled, was first applied to him there in 1914, and it followed him back to India and around the world.
As an anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist, Gandhi led the campaign for India's independence from British rule through peaceful means. His example of nonviolent resistance went on to inspire movements for civil rights and freedom far beyond his own country.
Gandhi died on 30 January 1948. He is remembered at Raj Ghat and associated memorials in New Delhi. His conviction that lasting change can be achieved without violence remains among the most enduring legacies of the modern age.
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Constellation of Life
Important milestones that shaped their journey.