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    Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of Indian nationalism and advocated for nonviolence in the 20th century. He grew up in a religious home and studied law in England and South Africa, where he advocated for Indian rights. He developed satyagraha, nonviolent resistance, and led nationwide struggles for Indian independence through nonviolent campaigns in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

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    Mahatma Gandhi was a leader of Indian nationalism and advocated for nonviolence in the 20th century. He grew up in a religious home and studied law in England and South Africa, where he advocated for Indian rights. He developed satyagraha, nonviolent resistance, and led nationwide struggles for Indian independence through nonviolent campaigns in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

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    Mahatma Gandhi, byname of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (born Oct.

    2,
    1869, Porbandar, India—died Jan. 30, 1948, Delhi), Preeminent leader of Indian
    nationalism and prophet of nonviolence in the 20th century.

    Gandhi grew up in a home steeped in religion, and he took for granted religious
    tolerance and the doctrine of ahimsa (noninjury to all living beings). He studied law in
    England from 1888 to 1891, and in 1893 he took a job with an Indian firm in South
    Africa. There he became an effective advocate for Indian rights.

    In 1906 he first put into action satyagraha, his technique of nonviolent resistance. His
    success in South Africa gave him an international reputation, and in 1915 he returned to
    India and within a few years became the leader of a nationwide struggle for Indian home
    rule. By 1920 Gandhi commanded influence hitherto unattained by any political leader
    in India.

    He refashioned the Indian National Congress into an effective political instrument of


    Indian nationalism and undertook major campaigns of nonviolent resistance in 1920–
    22, 1930–34 (including his momentous march to the sea to collect salt to protest a
    government monopoly), and 1940–42. In the 1930s he also campaigned to end
    discrimination against India’s lower-caste “untouchables” (Dalits; officially designated
    as Scheduled Castes) and concentrated on educating rural India and promoting cottage
    industry.

    India achieved dominion status in 1947, but the partition of the subcontinent into India
    and Pakistan was a great disappointment to Gandhi, who had long worked for Hindu-
    Muslim unity. In September 1947 he ended rioting in Calcutta (Kolkata) by fasting.
    Known as the Mahatma (“Great-Souled”), Gandhi had won the affection and loyalty of
    millions. In January 1948 he was shot and killed by a young Hindu fanatic.

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