Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence - Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi's secularism and openness to all kinds of theological and philosophical schools ...
