Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. People call him Bapu or Mahatma Gandhi. His Date of Birth is 2 October 1869. was born in Porbandar. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence. His father, Karamchand Gandhi was the diwan (Prime Minister) of the eponymous Porbander state.

Mohandas was married to 14-year old Kasturbai Makhanji in May 1983.Gandhi's first child was born When Gandhi was 15, but survived only a few days. Mohandas and Kasturba had four children: Harilal, born in 1888; Manilal, born in 1892; Ramdas, born in 1897; and Devdas, born in 1900.

Some of Gandhi's Quote

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always."

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."

Gandhi ji died at the age of 78 in January 30, 1948.