Mohandas Gandhi signed document

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡændi/;[3] Hindustani: [ˈmoːɦəndaːs ˈkərəmtʃənd ˈɡaːndʱi] (About this soundlisten); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British colonial rule.[4] Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable")[5] was applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa[6] – is now used worldwide. In India, he was also called Bapu, a term that he preferred[7] (Gujarati: endearment for father,[8] papa)[8][9] and Gandhi ji, and is known as the Father of the Nation.[10][11] Information provided by Wikipedia.