Gandhi Biography in 5 Minutes | Who Was Mahatma Gandhi?

Mohandas Gandhi - often referred to by the single name 'Gandhi' - is one history's most prominent civil rights leaders. His determination and strict belief in nonviolent protest influenced many famed civil rights leaders of later decades, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Gandhi led the nonviolent movement for India's independence from British colonial rule and fought for the rights of Indians.
Mohandas was born in India on October 2, 1869. He came from a relatively wealthy family and his father was considered a leader among the local population. Arranged marriages were common in the region at that time, and at age 13, Gandhi's parents arranged the marriage between him and 14-year-old Kasturba Kapadia. Like her husband, Kasturba would later become an influential figure in the Indian independence movement.
Gandhi's parents wanted him to become a barrister, which refers to a type of common-law lawyer. At age 19, Gandhi began studying law in England at the University College London. He moved back to India and opened his own law practice at age 22. However, his law practice was unsuccessful. He found employment with an Indian Law firm, which relocated him to South Africa in 1893. It was in South Africa that Gandhi was subjected to racial discrimination against Indians. This inspired him to become an activist.
Gandhi believed British rule over India impoverished the local Indian people. When he returned to India in 1915, Gandhi became a leader in the struggle for Indian independence from the British Empire. He became a well-known figure globally after leading a series of nonviolent civil disobedience campaigns. Thousands of Indian citizens who participated in these campaigns would peacefully protest by boycotting British goods, organizing marches and sit-ins, and more. While the British government could overlook individual protests, civil disobedience on a mass scale was much harder to ignore, especially when the protests continued over decades.
One of Gandhi's most famous protests was the Salt March of 1930. As with countless other goods, Britain had controlled India's salt trade since the 1800s, preventing natives from producing or selling the mineral and forcing them to purchase it at high prices from British suppliers. Salt was a nutritional necessity among India's population, and he therefore considered the salt laws immoral. Gandhi and his followers marched 240 miles in protest. Many of Gandhi's followers were physically attacked by the colonial police during the march. The event helped Gandhi gain global support and recognition for the movement.
Gandhi was arrested numerous times for organizing these demonstrations. While in prison, he would begin hunger strikes to object to policies by the British government. Hunger strikes refer to a refusal to eat, carried out as a form of protest. In the early 1930s, Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest Britain's plans to have separate elections for India's poorest class. He saw this as a form of segregation and believed it would unfairly divide India's social classes. Six days into the fast, public outcry forced the British government to abandon its plans for the separation. Gandhi had succeeded.
India secured its independence from British colonial rule in 1947. The British withdrew and handed power to the Indians. Gandhi was assassinated the following year, shot by a terrorist who was against Gandhi's tolerance for the Muslim population.
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