Mohandas K. Gandhi
(1869 -1948)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, reverently known as "Mahatma Gandhi" (The great Soul) was born in Porbandar in the state of Gujarat on the Kathiawar peninsula on 2 October 1869. He was the third son of Karamchand and Putlibai Gandhi. Karamchand was the Diwan or Prime Minister of the small princely state of Porbandar. The Gandhi family had a reasonably good life until Karamchand Gandhi met with an accident when he was on his way from Rajkot to Porbandar to take part in the preparations of Mohandas and Kasturbai's wedding. He was brought to an English surgeon in Bombay. Nothing came of the operation and the Diwan returned from Bombay in worse health than before. Mohandas spent much time nursing his father, but he got weaker and he died in November 1885.

In this collection we will follow Mohandas from his school days, marriage, law education, and his journey through the struggle and fight against discrimination in South Africa, against the British Rule in India and eventually the departure of the Great Soul to his heavenly abode.