In May 1883, the 13 <span>year old Mohandas was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia in an arranged child marriage, according to the custom of the region at that time. In the process, he lost a year at school.</span>
In May 1883, <u>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi was married at the age of 13 with 14-year-old Kasturba Makhanji Kapadia</u> due to an arranged marriage, as was customary in India. Mahatma and Kasturba were married for 62 years and had 5 children. Kasturba Gandhi died in 1944 and Mahatma Gandhi died 4 years later.
Gandhi was very strong and passionate about his beliefs towards non-violence, human rights, and personal and political freedom which he conveyed with his tone extremely persuasively and effectively.