This special man was born in Porbandar, India, in 1869, he learned from his mother the tolerance between people of different creeds. When he was 13, Gandhi got married with Kasturba Makhanji, she was his same age, they had four sons. Gandhi went to University of London and when he was a barrister, he accepted a contract from an Indian firm in South Africa.
His life in South Africa changed his mind forever, he could feel the discrimination to black and indians. One day he was in Court and magistrate asked him to remove his turban, he refused so he was stormed out of the Cour, in a train he refused to move from first class to third class, he was barred from many hotels,etc. These events marked his heart.
At the end of his contract, he returned to India and worked in one thing: fight against the racism, prejudice and injustice. But to get the India's freedom he start the "satyagraha"(civil disabedience) and "ahimsa"(non-violence). He loved the Hindu philosophy, he had a simply life, truth in all situations, vegetarian diet, he made his own clothes. He began the Indian Independence Movement. He took celibate like his obligation, and he said that with this he learned to love.
His wife died when he was jailed, thousands of indians were flogged, but they continued the movement until they got the Independence.
Gandhi believed that a Religion was Truth and Love, so he told " I am a Hindu, a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist and a Jew". Indians called him Mahatma Gandhi (great soul) and Bapu (father).
When he was in New Delhi a hindu radical killed him.
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