Born in 1869 in India and died in 1948 Most important figure in India in 20 th century He went to London in 1888 to study law Lived in South Africa where he took part in peaceful protests against the government's treatment of Indian settlers Returned to India in 1915 and became one of the party's leaders

Encouraged Indians to boycott British goods and buy Indian goods Taught passive resistance Went to prison four times and while there went on hunger strikes Death would have made international headlines and made the British look bad

1931 went to England to negotiate and not much was accomplished He eventually helped India gain their independence in 1947 Assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu fanatic who did not like the fact that Gandhi felt that Muslims had equal values to Hindus and no one was better than anyone else