Mahatma Gandhi

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anti-colonial nationalist civil rights activist human lawyer political ethicist political leader writer

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who led the nonviolent struggle for India’s independence and became a global symbol of peaceful resistance.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 16
Gandhi 6
Bapu 1

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instanceOf anti-colonial nationalist ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
political ethicist ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocated abolition of untouchability ⓘ
communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims ⓘ
religious tolerance ⓘ
rural self-reliance ⓘ
simple living ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
surface form: Bapu

Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
assassinatedBy Nathuram Godse ⓘ
awardReceived Time Person of the Year ⓘ
surface form: Time Person of the Year 1930
birthDate 1869-10-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, British India ⓘ
Porbandar, Gujarat, India ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination by firearm ⓘ
commemoratedBy Gandhi Jayanti ⓘ
statues and memorials worldwide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
India ⓘ
deathDate 1948-01-30 ⓘ
deathPlace New Delhi, India ⓘ
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
University College London ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gujarati ⓘ
father Karamchand Gandhi ⓘ
fieldOfWork Indian independence movement ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
nonviolent resistance ⓘ
founded Indian Opinion (newspaper) ⓘ
Natal Indian Congress ⓘ
Sabarmati Ashram ⓘ
Sevagram Ashram ⓘ
fullName Mahatma Gandhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
honorific Mahatma Gandhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mahatma
ideology Indian nationalism ⓘ
Sarvodaya ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
influenced César Chávez ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
global nonviolent movements ⓘ
influencedBy Bhagavad Gita ⓘ
Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
Jain philosophy ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
knownFor Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ
Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ
Quit India movement ⓘ
Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ
surface form: Salt March

leading nonviolent struggle for India’s independence ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
mother Putlibai Gandhi ⓘ
movement Indian independence movement ⓘ
Satyagraha ⓘ
nonviolent resistance movement ⓘ
notableIdea Ahimsa ⓘ
Satyagraha ⓘ
civil disobedience ⓘ
non-cooperation ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Raj Ghat, Delhi, India ⓘ
politicalParty Indian National Congress ⓘ
positionHeld leader of the Indian National Congress ⓘ
leader of the Indian independence movement ⓘ
practicedLawIn India ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Sabarmati Ashram ⓘ
Sevagram Ashram ⓘ
signatureWork The Story of My Experiments with Truth ⓘ
spouse Kasturba Gandhi ⓘ
studied law ⓘ

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Devdas Gandhi → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi family → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Devdas Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Harilal Gandhi → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi family → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Harilal Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi family → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Manilal Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Ramdas Gandhi → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi family → father → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Ramdas Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand Gandhi → fatherOf → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Karamchand Gandhi → fatherOf → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Satyagraha → firstFormulatedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Natal Indian Congress → foundedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Navjivan → foundedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Phoenix Settlement → foundedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sabarmati Ashram → foundedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sevagram Ashram → foundedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Indian Opinion (newspaper) → founder → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Phoenix Settlement → founder → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sabarmati Ashram → founder → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sevagram Ashram → founder → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi → fullName → Mahatma Gandhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Karamchand → givenName → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Mahatma Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas
Gandhi family → grandfather → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Arun Manilal Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi family → grandfather → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi family → grandfather → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Rajmohan Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gandhi family → greatGrandfather → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Tushar Gandhi
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Indian Opinion (newspaper) → hasEditor → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Opinion
Indian nationalism → hasKeyFigure → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Kheda Satyagraha → hasLeader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Birla House, New Delhi → hasMemorialTo → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi → hasNotableBearer → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gujarat → hasNotableHistoricalFigure → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Dandi → hasNotablePersonAssociated → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Ramin Jahanbegloo → hasWrittenOn → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi → honorific → Mahatma Gandhi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Gandhi Jayanti → honours → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Nathuram → ideologicalOppositionTo → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Bhagavad Gita → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Civil Disobedience → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Dadabhai Naoroji → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Gopal Krishna Gokhale → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Henry David Thoreau → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
John Ruskin → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Putlibai → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ