2. INTRODUCTION
• Mohandas karamchand gandhi was born on
2oct 1869 in porbandar, a costal town in
present-day Gujarat, India. His father,
karamchand gandhi (1822-1885), who
belonged to the hindu modh communit, was
the diwan (prime minister) of porbander state
in the kathiawar agengy of british india.