![]() ![]() There, he was inspired to fight for his rights due to the discrimination and injusticed he experienced by the British and Dutch as a person of color. After failing to find work as a lawyer in India, Gandhi traveled to South Africa in 1893, another territory colonized by the European powers. He was educated in law at the Inner Temple in London. Gandhi was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on Octoin Porbandar to a religious family. Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (Wikimedia Commons) ![]() ![]() His doctrine of nonviolent protest ( satyagraha) and use of the religion principle of ahimsa as a tool of peaceful protest became the model for future social movements around the world. Mahatma Gandhi is an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against British rule in India. Disclaimer: The following blog post is not a reflection of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s opinion on Mahatma Gandhi. ![]()
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