Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was born in Gujarat. He moved to London for his training as a lawyer, thereafter spending over twenty years in South Africa. His role as a civil rights activist facilitated his subsequent role in Indian Independence.  He became leader of the Indian National Congress.

“Gandhi’s own Collected Works, ninety volumes of them, are but a part of the primary evidence now open to scrutiny” (Brown 1989:3). I do not claim to have...