Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 –1948) led Indians in a nonviolent independence movement from British colonization. Known worldwide by his honorific Sanskrit title Mahātmā (high-souled, venerable) he was also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for father) and Gandhiji,
Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948 by right-wing conservative Hindu Nationalists who were outraged by Gandhi’s perceived appeasement of Muslims.