Gandhi

Gandhi Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and prophet of nonviolence in the 20th cent. Gandhi grew up in a home steeped in religion, and he took for granted ahimsa (noninjury to all living beings) and religious tolerance. He studied law in England, but, too diffident to make a successful lawyer, he ended up taking a job with an Indian firm in S. 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 S. Africa had given him an international reputation by the time he returned to India in 1914, where within a few years he had become the leader of a nationwide struggle for Indian home rule. By 1920 he commanded influence hitherto unattained by any political leader in India. indian, india, leader, gandhi, resistance, political, nonviolent, nationalism, home, great, ended, effective, became, against, africa, 1947, young, years, worked, won, within, untouchable, unity, undertook, unattained, took, tolerance, time, technique, taking, successful, success, studied, struggle, steeped, status