Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October, 1869 at Porbandar of
Kathiawar in Gujarat. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. His family was highly religious, traditional and followed Vaishnavism. At the age of 13 only, his marriage was solemnized with Katurba. In 1887, he went to England for higher education and returned to India in 1892 after becoming a Barrister. In 1893, he went to South Africa to plead for a case. In fact, he had gone there on a contractual assignment for a year but spent almost twenty-two years in that country. He felt annoyed at the policy of apartheid pursued by the British against the migrant Indians in South Africa and hence began a non-violent agitation against this policy from 1893 to 1914 in which he achieved great success. In January 1915, when he returned to India, he found the whole country involved in the War efforts of the British. Mahatma Gandhi entered into Indian politics as an unconditional associate of the British Government.
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