Mahatma Gandhi

   Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian spiritual leader and pacifist. He was born in the Indian city of Bombay, in 1869. During his childhood and adolescence, he was educated in India. When an adult, he studied in London (England), where he graduated in law school. Once back on his homeland, he became a member of the Bombay High Court.


   In 1893 he moved to South Africa to work as a lawyer. He acted in defense of the Hindu minority living in this African country, fighting for equal rights.
   In 1914 he returned to India, where he began a campaign for peace among Hindus and Muslims who lived in conflict.
   He also worked against British rules in India. Gandhi advocated the creation of an autonomous state in India. Because of these thoughts, he was arrested several times. Gandhi was against violence, advocating the peaceful forms of protest.
   He was a leading figure in the process of Indian independence. He has got good results on creating a peaceful relationship between muslims and hindus. In 1948, he was murdered in New Delhi by a member of a radical hindu group. After his death, he started to be referred as Mahatma Gandhi.