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  Mahatma Gandhi

  noun

  Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand.
• Gandhi, Mahatma
  Gandhi, Mahatma

  A political figure of the twentieth century in India; the leader of India's drive for independence from Britain. Gandhi used methods of passive resistance and nonviolent disobedience, such as boycotts and hunger strikes, to influence British rulers. He was assassinated in 1948, just after India secured its independence. The title mahatma means “great soul.”

Mahatma Gandhi

American  

noun

1. Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand.

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Gandhi, Mahatma Cultural  

1. A political figure of the twentieth century in India; the leader of India's drive for independence from Britain. Gandhi used methods of passive resistance and nonviolent disobedience, such as boycotts and hunger strikes, to influence British rulers. He was assassinated in 1948, just after India secured its independence. The title mahatma means “great soul.”

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Example Sentences

Then came his 1849 essay, later read by people like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

What undermines Mr. Dalrymple’s thesis most, however, is the fact that no Indian leader believed Burma was an integral part of India—especially not Mahatma Gandhi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The two leaders will attend a traditional kite festival and visit the Sabarmati Ashram, the spiritual retreat where Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence struggle, lived for many years.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi - painted in 1931 in the UK - will be auctioned in London next month.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

The Indian campaign hearkened back to the 1913 passive resistance campaign in which Mahatma Gandhi led a tumultuous procession of Indians crossing illegally from Natal to the Transvaal.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela