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Mohanas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IPA: [moɦənd̪äs kərəmtʃənd̪ gä̃d̪ʱi]) (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an epithet given by Rabindranath Tagore) and as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu or "Father"). In India, he is officially accorded the honour of Father of the Nation. 2 October, his birthday, is commemorated each year as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday. On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution declaring 2 October to be the "International Day of Non-Violence".

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  • In 1914 Jan Smuts wrote of this man's departure, "The saint has left our shores, I hope forever"
  • The Untouchables social class was renamed "Harijan" or "Children of God" by this great Indian leader
  • Upon this man's assassination, Nehru said, "The light has gone out of our lives"
  • In 1930 he led a march to the sea to collect salt to protest a monopoly by the government of India
  • In India, flowers & wreaths are brought to the shrine of this spiritual leader on his birthday, October 2
  • Won medals for helping British in South Africa but his opposition drove them from India
  • This spiritual & political leader of India ended his last fast just days before he was slain in 1948
  • Born in Porbandar in 1869; fasted, iconoclasted; died in New Delhi, 1948
  • Years after his death, the social teachings of this man reached into the heart of America:(died in 1948)
  • At Crozer Theological Seminary King learned of this Indian leader's idea of nonviolence
  • In 1946, this Indian leader revealed he'd taken many women to bed with him over the years to test his celibacy
  • While on his way to a prayer meeting in 1948, this "Great Soul" of India was assassinated
  • (Hi, I'm Reverend Bernice A. King) As an advocate of nonviolence, my father, Martin Luther King, Jr., embraced the philosophy & teachings of this Indian leader
  • In 1931 this Indian pacifist signed an agreement with Lord Irwin to stop his campaign of civil disobedience
  • This nationalist & nonviolent leader's October 2 birthday is a revered holiday in India
  • Many people considered this man seen here to be a saint
  • During the Boer War, this Indian nationalist leader organized an ambulance corps for the British army
  • This lawyer became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920
  • Nathuram Godse's assassination of this man in 1948 set off riots in Bombay & other cities
  • Crossing the Sabarmati River was part of this leader's 1930 protest march to the sea

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