Find out more about the history of Mohandas Gandhi, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on ... As part of his nonviolent non-cooperation campaign for home rule, Gandhi stressed the importance of economic independence for India. read more
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a famous and distinguished political leader of India during the period of Indian Independence movement. He was born in 1869, on 2nd October and died in 1948. read more
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 nd October 1869 A.D. in Porbandar of Gujarat (1869-1948). Just after passing Barristership from London in 1883 A.D., he had to rush to South Africa to plead a case on behalf of ‘Dada Abdullah and Co.’ in 1897 A.D. read more
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat. His father was the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar; his deeply religious mother was a devoted practitioner of Vaishnavism (worship of the Hindu god Vishnu), influenced by Jainism, an ascetic religion governed by tenets of self-discipline and nonviolence. read more