Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in British India and died on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78. His political and spiritual leadership started early in his life, with the age of 23, in 1893 he moved to South Africa and spent 21 years in that country. He participated at the South African Civil right activism until 1914. He returned to India in 1915 and until 1947 he struggled for Indian independence from the United Kingdom. During this period, 1938-1945, World War II exploded with all its destruction and mass murderers.
