Zaneeta shinn biography of mahatma gandhi

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    Mahatma Gandhi

    (1869-1948)

    Who Was Mahatma Gandhi?

    Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians.

    Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948.

    Gandhi leading the Salt March in protest against the government monopoly on salt production.

    Early Life and Education

    Indian nationalist leader Gandhi (born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India, which was then part of the British Empire.

    Gandhi’s father, Karamchand Gandhi, served as a chief minister in Porbandar and other states in western India.

    His mother, Putlibai, was a deeply religious woman who fasted regularly.

    Young Gandhi was a shy, unremarkable student who was so timid that he slept with the lights on even as a teenager. In th