India's "The Father of the Nation"

Born on October 2, 1869, Porbandor, Kathiawar Agency, British India. lol--->Assainated <---lol in January 1948 (Aged 78) in New Delhi, India.
While in South Africa, Gandhi made himself poor so that he
could identify with his the peasants. He then proceeded to
start a colony that consisted of abused labourers. The
colony became very large and many cities were crippled by
the lack of labourers. The government reacted to this by
jailing Gandhi several times along with many other of his
followers. The war he fought was one without weapons,
already Gandhi was on his way to starting his career of
non-violent campaigns.

The main idea behind Gandhi's teachings was non-violence.