Born in 1869 in India and died in 1948 Most important figure in India in 20th

century He went to London in 1888 to study law Lived in South Africa where he took part in

peaceful protests against the government's treatment of Indian settlers

Returned to India in 1915 and became one of the party's leaders

Encouraged Indians to boycott British goods and buy Indian goods

Taught passive resistance Went to prison four times and while there

went on hunger strikes Death would have made international

headlines and made the British look bad

1931 went to England to negotiate and not much was accomplished

He eventually helped India gain their independence in 1947

Assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu fanatic who did not like the fact that Gandhi felt that Muslims had equal values to Hindus and no one was better than anyone else