Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born on 2 October 1869, he was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.
He is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore, and in India also as Bapu or "Father". He is officially honored 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. Gandhi was died on 30 January 1948.
Gandhi in his childhood
Gandhi in his teenage
Gandhi in Videshi outfit at 19 years of age
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in South Africa in 1895
Young and handsome Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as Lawyer
Gandhi with his wife Kasturba after returning from South Africa
After a visit to a textile mill in Lancashire. September, 1931
Satyagraha Ashram at Kochrab, Ahmedabad, founded May 25, 1915
Dandi March, 1930
During the march through the fields of a Noakhali Village, December 1946
Gandhi on his daily walk, Wardha, 1934
A young boy leads Gandhiji for a walk
Discussing Lord Wavell's proposal with Maulana Azad
Gandhi alighting from S.S. Rajputana
Gandhi at Swaraj Bhavan, Allahabad, January 1931
Gandhi at work on the sundeck
Gandhi with Abbas Tyabji
Gandhi-Nehru on a happy mood
Gandhi with Sardar Patel
Gandhiji addressing the huge gatherings pertaining to Salt Satyagraha
Gandhiji with two women Manu and Abha
Gandhi's meeting with Jinnah
Tagore and Gandhi, February 1940
With Charlie Chaplin
with Lord and Lady Mountbatten
Gandhi's Autograph in 11 Indian languages
Gandhi's letter to Tagore, dated New Delhi, April 4, 1939
Gandhi was assassinated
Indian newspapers announce the death of Gandhi, January 31, 1948
Last Journey, Rajpath, New Delhi, January 31, 1948
Mahatma Gandhi is arguably, one of the most influential persons of the 20th century. Albert Einstein, very aptly put it, when he said: "Generations will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." He was not just a political leader, but a social reformer and a spiritual teacher, too.
Incidents from the Mahatma's life and his well-documented experiments with truth serve as a great way of inculcating values in our children. He stressed that one should always live one's philosophies, beliefs and faith, and he was a prime example of that.