Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,

called Mahatma Gandhi (= Honorary Name meaning Great Soul), born October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, died in an assassination attempt on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi, Delhi was an Indian lawyer, resistance fighter, revolutionary, publicist, moral teacher, ascetic and pacifist.
The Gandhi family belonged to the third caste, the caste of merchants whose members are the social and political upper classes. As merchants, however, the family members had not worked for several generations; even the great-grandfather served the princes as counselors in political affairs and administration.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Gandhi advocated against racial segregation in South Africa and equal rights for all Indians, especially women and descendants of the indigenous peoples of India. He then developed from the end of the 1910s in India to the leader of the Indian independence movement. He advocated for the reconciliation between Hindus and Muslims, fought against colonial exploitation and for a new economic system. In doing so, he persevered in the truth, generally speaking non-violently and always advocating individual and political self-control and self-determination.
The independence movement led in 1947 non-violent finally the end of British colonial rule over India.
Gandhi spent a total of eight years in prisons in South Africa and India.
Already during his lifetime, Gandhi was world famous, for many a role model and so recognized that he was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Like Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King, he is considered an outstanding representative in the struggle for freedom against oppression and social injustice.


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