Mahatma Gandhi, born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869,

     Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)  was an Indian lawyer,  activist, and political ethicist who employed  resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. 

 Born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat, Gandhi trained in the law at the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar at the age of 22. After two uncertain years in India, where he was unable to start a successful law practice, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. Here, Gandhi raised a family and first employed non violent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India and soon set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against discrimination and excessive land tax.

 Gandhi's birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jay anti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of non violence. Gandhi is considered to be the Father of the Nation in post colonial India. During India's nationalist movement and in several decades immediately after, he was also commonly called Bapu, an endearment roughly meaning "father".

    Death

    At 5:1 7p.m. on 30 January 1948, Gandhi was with his grandnieces in the garden of Burl House (now Gandhi smart), on his way to address a prayer meeting, when Nathuram God's, a Hindu nationalist, fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest from a pistol at close rang e.[192][193] According to some accounts, Gandhi died instantly .[194][195] In other accounts, such as one prepared by an eyewitness journalist, he was carried into the Birla House, into a bedroom. There, he died about 30 minutes later as a family member read verses from Hindu scriptures.