Mahatma Gandhi

Born: 1869 in India

Assassinated: January 30, 1948

Independence movement leader in India under British rule, he used nonviolent political civil disobedience.

Led India to independence inspiring civil rights & freedom movements around the world.

While living in South Africa, he saw & felt racism, prejudice & injustice.

Led campaigns for reducing poverty, improving women’s rights, building up religious & ethnic harmony (even fasting to near death).

Personally felt his life’s greatest achievement was helping Indians’ attain self-rule (called “Swaraj”).

Said: “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”