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Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India
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Mahatma Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
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When Gandhi was 18 years old, he went to England(London) to study law. But finally, he decided to be a political activist.
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"Kasturba" Gandhi was the wife of Mahatma Gandhi. In association with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi was a political activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the British.
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When Gandhi went to study in London in 1888, Kasturba remained in India to raise their four sons: Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi, Harilal Gandhi and Devdas Gandhi.
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He decided then to become a political activist, so he could help change these unfair laws.
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After he became a lawyer, he went to the British colony of South Africa where he experienced laws that said people with dark skin had worse rights than people with light skin.
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He is unofficially called "The Father of the Nation". Because he created a powerful, non-violent movement.
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Finally, he died in 30 of January 1948 in New Delhi, India, with 78 years old by a Extremist Hindu activist
