Who was Gandhiji? Gandhiji, or Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly referred to as Mahatma Gandhi, was barn in 1869 at Porbandar Gujarat. He studied law in England, and spend approximately 22 years in South Africa as a practising lawyer. During his stay, he was was shocked and angered by the humiliating conditions and racial discrimination under which Indians lived. From then on, he became the leader of a struggle against racial injustice gainst Indians, and developed a technique called 'satyagraha' Satyagraha wsa later applied during the Indian national movement as well, when he returned to India in 1915. After his return to his homeland, he continued the struggle against injustice against Indians in India, and here developed and implemented ultiple innovative, non violent techniques and methods, like satya graha, which hugely contributed to the Indian national movement becoming a mass movement.
