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Mohandas Gandhi
Date of Photo ~ 1873 ~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable")—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa—is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father", "papa" and Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation.
Born: 1869
Died: 1948 |
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