On 12 March 1930 Gandhi led the Salt March. But then the protest turned violent and people started to kill the protesters. On 9 January 1915 when Gandhi returned to India, he decided to again lead a march against a law called the Rowlatt Act. Gandhi was a vegetarian almost all his life, because he believed in non-violence ( ahimsa). He was a huge leader during that era and his thoughts helped catalyze the Indian independence movement. During Gandhi's life, India was a colony of the British Empire, but wanted independence. He created a powerful, non-violent movement. He decided then to become a political activist, so he could help change these unfair laws. Then Gandhi started protesting against segregation. When traveling through South Africa, Gandhi was also kicked out of a first class train because of his skin color. He went to South Africa because he could not find work in India. In 1897, Gandhi was attacked by a group of people in Durban Harbor, South Africa when he was going to work.

After he became a lawyer, he went to the British colony of South Africa where he experienced laws that said people with dark skin had fewer rights than people with light skin. When Gandhi was 18 years old, he went to study law in England.

Several members of his family worked for the government of the state. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Octoin Porbander, India. He was a non-violent activist, who led the independence movement through a non-violent protest. Gandhi was one of the most important people involved in the movement for the independence of India. Rabindranath Tagore gave him the title of 'Mahatma'. He was the Martyr of the Nation since 1948. He is also called Bapu in India ( Gujarati endearment for 'father', papa'). He was first called this in 1914 in South Africa. He is more commonly called Mahatma Gandhi mahatma is an honorific meaning 'great-soul' or 'venerable' in Sanskrit.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was a leader of nationalism in British-ruled India.

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