Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.
There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.
A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.
Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.
The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.
I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.
I have no weapon but nonviolence.
For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.
The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.
My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.