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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Putlibai Gandhi → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Swami Vivekananda → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Tolstoyanism → influenced → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Arne Næss → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gandhi
Bayard Rustin → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
César Chávez → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Diane Nash → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
James Bevel → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
James Farmer → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Mahadev Desai → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Narhari Parikh → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Ram Manohar Lohia → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Strength to Love → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sucheta Kriplani → influencedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Martin → inspiredBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Vinoba Bhave → inspiredBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Chauri Chaura incident → involvedPerson → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Do or Die → issuedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Civil Disobedience Movement → keyFigure → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Non-Cooperation Movement → keyFigure → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Partition of India → keyFigure → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
August Kranti → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Champaran Satyagraha → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Civil Disobedience Movement → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Indian independence movement → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Non-Cooperation Movement → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Quit India movement → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Rowlatt Satyagraha → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Salt March → leader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Indian National Congress → ledBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
What Gandhi Says → mainSubject → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gopal Krishna Gokhale → mentorOf → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Champaran → movementLeader → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
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Birla House, New Delhi → namedAfter → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi Jayanti → namedAfter → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
subject surface form: Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
Monument to Mahatma Gandhi → namedAfter → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Sevagram → namedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Gandhi–Irwin Pact → negotiatedBy → Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ