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Mahatma Gandhi, was born in Porbandar in India
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After having been admitted to the British bar, Gandhi returned to India and attempted to establish a law practice in Bombay, without much success.
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An Indian firm with interests in South Africa retained him as legal adviser in its office in Durban, where he was treated as a second-class citizen.
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After being attacked and humiliated by white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy of passive resistance to, and non-cooperation with, the South African authorities.
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Gandhi organized an ambulance corps for the British army and commanded a Red Cross unit
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Gandhi remained in South Africa for twenty years, suffering imprisonment many times.