Mahatma Gandhi

1869–1948 · India

Romantic & 19th Century1 work in canonNonfiction

Biography

Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who led India's nonviolent independence movement against British rule. His autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, chronicles his spiritual and political development. His philosophy of nonviolent resistance inspired civil rights movements worldwide, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Nelson Mandela.

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