Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[9] was born on 2 October 1869[1] in Porbandar, a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency, British India.[10] He was born in his ancestral home, now known as Kirti Mandir.[11] His father, Karamchand Gandhi (1822-1885), who belonged to the Hindu Modh community, served as the diwan (a high official) of Porbander state, a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.[11][12] His grandfather was Uttamchand Gandhi, also called Utta Gandhi.[11] His mother, Putlibai, who came from the Pranami Vaishnava community, was Karamchand's fourth wife, the first three wives having apparently died in childbirth.[13] Jain ideas and practices powerfully influenced Gandhi particularly through his mother who was a devout Jain.[14][15]
The Indian classics, especially the stories of Shravana and king Harishchandra, had a great impact on Gandhi in his childhood. In his autobiography, he admits that they left an indelible impression on his mind. He writes: "It haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number." Gandhi's early self-identification with truth and love as supreme values is traceable to these epic characters.[16][17]
In May 1883, the 13-year-old Mohandas was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji (her first name was usually shortened to "Kasturba", and affectionately to "Ba") in an arranged child marriage, according to the custom of the region.[18] In the process, he lost a year at school.[19] Recalling the day of their marriage, he once said, "As we didn't know much about marriage, for us it meant only wearing new clothes, eating sweets and playing with relatives." However, as was prevailing tradition, the adolescent bride was to spend much time at her parents' house, and away from her husband.[20] In 1885, when Gandhi was 15, the couple's first child was born, but survived only a few days. Gandhi's father, Karamchand Gandhi, had also died earlier that year.[21]
Mohandas and Kasturba had four more children, all sons: Harilal, born in 1888; Manilal, born in 1892; Ramdas, born in 1897; and Devdas, born in 1900.[18] At his middle school in Porbandar and high school in Rajkot, Gandhi remained a mediocre student. He shone neither in the classroom nor on the playing field. One of the terminal reports rated him as "good at English, fair in Arithmetic and weak in Geography; conduct very good, bad handwriting." He passed the matriculation exam at Samaldas College in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, with some difficulty. Gandhi's family wanted him to be a barrister as it would increase the prospects of succeeding to his father's post.[22] In 1926 Manilal Gandhi expressed his desire to marry Fatima Gool daughter of a Muslim Businessman in South Africa. Gandhi strongly advised against it, warning it would be a highly contentious move that would seriously damage Manilal's career. The son dropped the idea.[23]wer here...
MK stands for Mohandas karamchand gandhi this is his full name
Gopal Krishna gandhi is the grand son of MK Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas
Mk Gandhi called his wife Kasturba because it was her name.
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The full name of Mk Gandhi is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
MK stands for Mohandas karamchand gandhi this is his full name
He was an attorney.
Karamchand Gandhi was the father of MK Gandhi.
M.K Gandhi
No, Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi was a trained lawyer.
No , the childhood name of Indira Gandhi was "Indira Nehru".
Gopal Krishna gandhi is the grand son of MK Gandhi
MK Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore were just good friends. Both of them had same kind of ideology. Both of them were in favor of non-violence and the truth.
Kasturba Gandhi Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas
You mean Gandhi?If yes, then MK Ghandhi known as Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma meaning Great Soul was a freedom fighter and atlast achieved his life-set goal of making India an independent nation in 1947. He was therefore known as the Father of the Nation.Hope that helped :)mk gandhi is a great poltician who brought freedom for our country India
mahatma gandhi gave him the title sardar