GANDHi.....???

Question

who is ghandi
what did he do?
for who did he do it?
where is he from?

so what was he doing in south africa in 1914 that got him arrested for the first time?

Answer 1

Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi was the leader of a movement to free India from British colonial rule. He started in 1917 and succeeded in 1947.

Here is a site with everything Gandhi:
http://www.mkgandhi.org/index.htm

More:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/gandhim1.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi

Answer 2

India. Brought about the total collapse of the British Empire in India through peaceful revolution. He was humble, dressed humbly, suffered persecution for a time at the hands of the murderous Brits, but won over his own nation (India) which rallied behind him and kicked out the English.

Answer 3

I believe that Gandhi was born in South Africa, and it's also where he got trained as a lawyer. This man earned the title 'Mahatma', meaning 'Great Soul', because of his remarkable efforts to free India from Great Britain.
India was a colony of G.B. at the time. (Pakistan was part of India at this time.) Many people wanted Indian independence, and some wanted to resort to armed rebellion. Gandhi was a complete pacifist who believed that enough moral pressure could be brought to bear on the British that they would eventually give up. He was right, but the campaign of non-violent demonstrations took over 40 years to work. The film about him is very good, although it makes it seem like he did it single handedly.