Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Template:Lang-gu; Template:Lang-hi, pronounced Template:IPA-hns; 2 October 1869 – 30 Januar 1948) wis the pre-eminent poleetical an ideological leader o Indie durin the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resistance tae tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly foondit upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence. This concept helped Indie tae gain independence, an inspired movements for ceevil richts an freedom athort the warld. Gandhi is aften referred tae as Mahatma Gandhi (Template:IPA-hns; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied tae him bi Rabindranath Tagore).[1] In India he is an aa cawed Bapu (Template:Lang-gu, bāpu or "Faither"). He is offeecially honoured in Indie as the Faither o the Naition; his birthday, 2 October, is commemoratiy there as Gandhi Jayanti, a naitional holiday, an warldwide as the Internautional Day o Non-Violence.
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