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He was born on October 2, 1869 in the coastal city of Porbandar, India.
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He married at the age of 13, to which he had been engaged since he was 6 years old without his knowing.
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He went to study at a university in London, called the Inner Temple. In which they began to frequent the Theosophists, who introduced him to the reading of the first Indian classic, the Bhagavad Gito, which he would consider the book for the knowledge of the truth.
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He embarked for South Africa, there was a Hindu colony made up mostly of workers, the English disparagingly called them Sami, they lacked all rights and were racially discriminated against.
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While in South Africa he founded the newspaper called "The Indian Opinion" and created the Natal Indian Congress.
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On April 13, the British Indian Army ordered the killing of unarmed Sikh, Hindu and Muslim men, women and children, who were gathered in the Jallianwala garden for the Vaisakhi festival.
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He was arrested in March and sentenced to serve 6 years in prison for a campaign of civil disobedience.
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The march began on March 12, for the monopoly of salt, which affected the poor.
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It took 8 years for independence, since on August 9, 1942 he was arrested. In jail he found out that his wife had died. In 1944 he left and on August 15, 1947 he achieved independence.
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On January 30, he was assassinated at the age of 78 by a fanatic in New Delhi, India.
