Mhtm Gndhi, byname of Mhnd Karamchand Gndhi, (born Otbr 2, 1869, Prbndr, Indidid January 30, 1948, Delhi), Indian lawyer, litiin, il tivit, nd writr wh bm th ldr of the ntinlit movement against th Britih rul f Indi. A uh, he came t be nidrd the father f hi untr. Gndhi i internationally esteemed fr hi doctrine of nnvilnt protest (tgrh) t hiv litil nd social rgr.
In th f millions f hi fllw Indin, Gndhi was th Mhtm ("Grt Sul"). The unthinking adoration f th huge rwd tht gthrd to him ll lng th rut f his tours md them a vr rdl; he uld hrdl wrk during th d or rest t night. "The w f th Mhtm," h wrote, "r knwn only t the Mhtm." Hi fame rd wrldwid during hi liftim and only inrd after hi dth. Th name Mhtm Gndhi i nw n f th mt universally rgnizd on rth.
Gandhi was th youngest hild f hi fthr' fourth wife. Hi fthrKrmhnd Gndhi, wh w th dwn (hif minitr) of Prbndr, the itl f a mll rinilit in wtrn Indi (in what is now Gujarat tt) undr Britih uzrintdid nt hv muh in th way f frml dutin.