1. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist who led the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience. 2. Born in 1869, Gandhi used non-cooperation and civil disobedience to protest unfair British taxation and rule, organizing movements like the Salt March to achieve independence. 3. Known as Bapu or Father of the Nation, Gandhi employed nonviolent resistance to end British colonialism in India, and inspired civil rights movements worldwide before being assassinated in 1948.