Mahatma gandhi biography short

1. BIOGRAPHY

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, politician, and thinker of the nineteenth and twentieth century. He was known mainly for claiming sovereignty and leading the independence of India through nonviolent methods.

He was born on October 2, and died on January 30,

Childhood

Gandhi was born in Porbandar, a small coastal city in western India, son of Karamchand Gandhi (the city&#;s prime minister) and Putlibai Gandhi.

Mahatma gandhi biography short

His mother was one of his most important influences in his life. From her, Gandhi learned respect for living beings, the virtues of vegetarianism, and tolerance towards different ways of thinking, even towards other creeds and religions.

Youth

At eighteen Gandhi moved to London to study law at University College London.

When he finished his studies he returned to Bombay to try to practice as a lawyer, but the over-saturation of the profession at that time coupled with the lack of real experience in the courts made it impossible fo