GANDHI, MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND

Widely known as Mahatma or “Great Soul,”
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is considered
one of history’s great political pacifists. He is
remembered nearly as much for his austere per-
sona (frail, bespectacled, clad only in a draped
loincloth) as his political achievements. Gandhi
played a major role in leading India to inde-