Gandhi, Mohandas K, India's greatest spiritual and political leader

Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi (1869-1948) was modern India's greatest spiritual and political leader. It was mainly through his effort that India won independence from Great Britain. A shy, gentle, frail man, Gandhi believed that it was wrong to harm any living thing. He tried to teach his people to struggle for independence and avoid violence. Indians called him Mahatma, "Great Soul".