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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( GA(H)N-dee 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist.
Ghandi employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
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He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
Early years
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 into a GujaratiHindu Modh Bania family in Porbandar, in coastal Gujarat.
His father, Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), served as the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar state. His family originated from the then village of Kutiana.
At age 9, Gandhi entered the local school in