[1]Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India [2] during the Indian independence movement [3]. He was the pioneer of satyagraha [4]—resistance to tyranny [5] through mass civil disobedience [6], firmly founded upon ahimsa [7] or total non-violence [8]—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit [9]: महात्मा mahātmā [10] or "Great Soul". Read more [11].
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[1] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4WeP1A0-ufo/SsZ1rKlESQI/AAAAAAAAAw0/Q30_i4eyauE/s1600-h/Gandhi_moscow.jpg
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-violence
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi