Ubani uMahatma Gandhi?
Context:UMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡændi/ GA(H) N-dee, Gujarati: [ˈmoɦəndɑs ˈkəɾəmtʃənd ˈɡɑ̃dɦi]; 2 Okthoba 1869 <unk> 30 Januwari 1948) wayengummeli waseNdiya, umzabalazo wokulwa nekoloni kanye nomuntu wezombusazwe owaqasha ukumelana okungenabudlova ukuhola umkhankaso ophumelelayo wokuzimela kweNdiya ekubusweni yiBrithani. Waphefumulela ukunyakaza kwamalungelo abantu nenkululeko emhlabeni wonke. Isiqu sokumhlonipha esithi Mahātmā (ngesiSanskrit: "onomphefumulo omkhulu", "ohloniphekile"), esaqala ukusetshenziswa kuye ngo-1914 eNingizimu Afrika, manje sisetshenziswa emhlabeni wonke.  UGandhi wazalelwa futhi wakhulela emkhayeni wamaHindu ogwini lwaseGujarat, waqeqeshelwa ezomthetho e-Inner Temple, eLondon, futhi wabizelwa ukuba abe ummeli eneminyaka engu-22 ngo-June 1891. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili engaqinisekile eNdiya, lapho ayengakwazi khona ukuqala umkhakha wezomthetho ophumelelayo, wathuthela eNingizimu Afrika ngo-1893 ukuyokumela umthengisi waseNdiya enkantolo. Waqhubeka ehlala eNingizimu Afrika iminyaka engu - 21. Yilapha lapho uGandhi akhulisa khona umkhaya futhi waqala khona ukusebenzisa ukumelana okungenabudlova emkhankasweni wamalungelo abantu. Ngo - 1915, eneminyaka engu - 45 ubudala, wabuyela eNdiya futhi ngokushesha waqala ukuhlela abalimi, abalimi, nezisebenzi zasemadolobheni ukuba baphikise intela yomhlaba eyeqile nokucwaswa.  Ehola i-Indian National Congress ngo-1921, uGandhi wahola imikhankaso yomhlaba wonke yokunciphisa ubumpofu, ukwandisa amalungelo abesifazane, ukwakha ubungane benkolo nobuhlanga, ukuqeda ukungathinteki, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukufeza i-swaraj noma ukuzibusa. UGandhi wamukela i-dhoti emfushane elukiwe ngentambo ephothiwe ngesandla njengophawu lokuzihlanganisa nabampofu basemaphandleni aseNdiya. Waqala ukuphila emphakathini ozinakekelayo, ukudla ukudla okulula, nokuzila ukudla isikhathi eside njengendlela yokuzihlola nokuveza imibhikisho yezombangazwe. Eletha ubuzwe obuphikisana nekoloni kumaNdiya ajwayelekile, uGandhi wabaholela ekuphikiseni intela kasawoti eyayibekwe yiBrithani ngo-400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March ngo-1930 futhi bacela amaBrithani ukuthi ashiye i-India ngo-1942. Waboshwa izikhathi eziningi futhi iminyaka eminingi eNingizimu Afrika naseNdiya.
UMahatma Gandhi wayengumlweli wenkululeko waseNdiya nomholi othanda ukuthula. UMahatma Gandhi wazalwa njengoMohandas Karamchand Gandhi eGujarat ngomhlaka 2 Okthoba 1869. UGandhi wazalelwa futhi wakhulela emkhayeni wamaHindu ogwini lwaseGujarat, waqeqeshelwa ezomthetho e-Inner Temple, eLondon, futhi wabizelwa ukuba abe ummeli eneminyaka engu-22 ngo-June 1891. UGandhi wathuthela eNingizimu Afrika ngo-1893 ukuze ayomela umthengisi waseNdiya enkantolo ngemva kweminyaka emibili engaqinisekile e-India, lapho ayengakwazi khona ukuqala ibhizinisi lomthetho eliphumelelayo. Waqhubeka ehlala eNingizimu Afrika iminyaka engu - 21. UGandhi wahola imikhankaso yesizwe yonke yokunyakaza kwenkululeko, ukunciphisa ubumpofu, ukwandisa amalungelo abesifazane, ukwakha ubungane benkolo nobuhlanga, ukuqeda ukungathinteki, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukufeza i-swaraj noma ukuzibusa. UGandhi waqala uMashi KaDandi KaSaliti ngo-1930 ebiza ababusi baseBrithani ngaleso sikhathi ukuba bashiye iNdiya.