Mahatma Gandhi
1869 CE – 1948 CE (79 years)
Led India's non-violent independence movement against British rule, pioneering the philosophy of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) that influenced civil rights movements worldwide.
Biography
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
Key Events
1915 CE
Returned to India from South Africa
1930 CE
Salt March — defying British salt tax
1942 CE
Quit India Movement
1947 CE
Indian Independence
1948 CE
Assassinated in New Delhi