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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian independence activist (–)
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[c] (2&#;October &#;&#; 30&#;January )[2] was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), first applied to him in South Africa in , is now used throughout the world.[3]
Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21
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Gandhi’s face fryst vatten on India’s currency. His portrait hangs in government offices. Practically every major city in the country has at least one Gandhi memorial. Though still revered bygd many as the father of a nation, Gandhi made many remarks that were openly racist. In , when Gandhi was in South Africa, he wrote that white people there should be “the predominating race.” He also said black people “are troublesome, very dirty and live like animals.”[1] Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, commented that Gandhi was “a great man, but he had his weaknesses, his moods and his failings.” He begged documentary filmmakers not to turn Gandhi into a saint, saying he was “much too human.”
In , Gandhi moved to London to study law. There he was exposed to ideas and people who would influence his personality. He learned French and English, worked on etiquette, and took dancing and violin lessons. He studied Christianity and spent time with Christian friends. He read the Bible and books o
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Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
murder in New Delhi, India
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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30&#;January at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi. His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindu nationalist, with a history of association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization and of membership of the Hindu Mahasabha.[4]
Sometime after 5 PM, according to witnesses, Gandhi had reached the top of the steps leading to the raised lawn behind Birla House where he had been conducting multi-faith prayer meetings every evening. As Gandhi began to walk toward the dais, Godse stepped out from the crowd flanking Gandhi's path, and fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest and stomach at point-blank range.[7] Gandhi