Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi was born on 2 October, 1869 in Porbandar, India. Mohandas is famous for justice in the world and he is best known for non-violent protests. He came from an upper class family and his father was a leader in the community. As a tradition in the place where he grew up Mohandas’ parents arranged a marriage for him at the age of 13. His parents wan

ted him to become a barrister, which is a type of lawyer. As a result when he was 19 years old he went to London, England to study in the University College London in order to study law. Three years later he returned back to India and tried to start his own law practice but he wasn’t successful, he moved to South Africa to work in a South African law office. Once back in India, Gandhi led the fight for Indian Independence from the British Empire. He organized a non-violent civil disobedience campaigns. Gandhi was assassinated on January 30,1948. He was shot at a prayer meeting by a terrorist. He was the 1930 Time magazine Man of the year.

By:Shania