Mahatma Gandhi Full

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) developed the philosophy of Satyagraha ('truth-force') — nonviolent resistance to injustice — and used it to lead India's independence movement against British rule. His campaigns — the Salt March (1930), civil disobedience campaigns, fasts unto death — mobilized millions and made British rule untenable. Gandhi lived what he preached: he wore hand-spun khadi cloth, lived in an ashram, ate simple vegetarian food, and subjected himself to the same hardships as ordinary Indians. His influence extended far beyond India — Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and the Civil Rights Movement all explicitly adopted Gandhi's methods. He was assassinated by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse in January 1948, just months after independence.