Ghandhi

Mohands Karamchad Gandhi was a thinker and leader of the Indian nationalism. He is the most relevant indigenous personaly of the Indian contemporany history. He has been an important political and social person of the first half of the 20th centuy. His activity was focused on the well being of his own people. In addition he published several articles in magazines and news papers, he did numerous official speeches in Indian and England.
He was born in 1869, Portbandar and he died in 1948, Delhi. As for his family was very stable. His childhood happened in a very quiet and good environment. His father was a Minister and his mother had preserved a very deep religious faith.
His human initiatives were great. What is more, he founded agricultural colonies and hospitals, and specially, since then, he tried to eliminate the castes and religions that were dividing his people.
On the other hand, his relations with the governement who did not rispect the rights of human people and Gandhi was avoding armed confrontations and putting into practise taht of the "satyagraha" (passive resistance).
To conclude, in 1920 the appellative he received of "mahatma", that alludes to his endowment of prophet and saint that people recognized on him, was kept for the posterity.