Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as ‘Mahatma’ (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was born on 2nd October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, into a Hindu Modh family. He was the primary leader of India's independence movement and also the architect of a form of nonviolent civil disobedience that influence the world.
Mahatama Gandhi was very fortunate to receive a comprehensive education, but proved a mediocre student. In May 1883, aged 13, mahatama was married to Kasturba Makhanji, a girl also aged 13, through the arrangement of their respective parents, as is customary in India, she bore him the first of four sons, in 1888 Following his entry into Samaldas College, at the University of Bombay, mahatama was unhappy at college, following his parent’s wishes to take the bar, and when he was offered the opportunity of furthering his studies overseas, at University College London, aged 18, he accepted, starting there in September 1888.
