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Mahatma Gandhi |

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Born | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

2 October 1869

Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India[1] |

Died | 30 January 1948 (aged 78)

New Delhi, Delhi, India |

Cause of death | Assassination by shooting |

Resting place | Cremated at Rajghat, Delhi

28°38′29″N 77°14′54″E / 28.6415°N 77.2483°E |

Other names | Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhiji |

Ethnicity | Gujarati |

Education | barrister-at-law |

Alma mater | Alfred High School, Rajkot,

Samaldas College, Bhavnagar,

University College, London (UCL) |

Known for | Leadership of Indian independence movement,

philosophy of Satyagraha, Ahimsa ornonviolence,

pacifism |

Movement | Indian National Congress |

Religion | Hinduism, with Jain influences |

Spouse(s) | Kasturba Gandhi |

Children | Harilal

Manilal

Ramdas

Devdas |

Parent(s) | Putlibai Gandhi (Mother)

Karamchand Gandhi (Father) |

Signature | |

I Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡæn-/;[2] Hindustani: [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement inBritish-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience,Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world .I The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable")[3])—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,[4]—is now used worldwide. I He is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father",[5] "papa"[5][6]) in India.

I Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, western India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he...