UMohandas Karamchand Gandhi wazalwa ngo-1869 ePorbandar, eNdiya. Esikoleni, othisha bakhuluma kanje ngaye: Eqeqeshwe njengommeli, uMahatma wachitha iminyaka engu-20 eNingizimu Afrika ngaphambi kokuba abuyele ezweni elaliyiNdiya yamakoloni. Ifilosofi yakhe yemibhikisho engenalo udlame izoba yisikhali sabantu abagqilaziwe emhlabeni wonke, abantu abakhuthazayo abafana noNelson Mandela kanye noDkt Martin Luther King Jr. Isibonelo esivelele sikaMahatma Gandhi, ubaba wesizwe samaNdiya, sikhuthaze izigidi zabantu. abantu ukuthi bakholelwe enkululekweni, ebulungiswa nasekungabini kodlame.
Ngosuku olwandulela usuku lokuzalwa luka-Mahatma, ngo-Okthoba 2, siphakamisa ukuthi sikhumbule izingcaphuno ezihlakaniphile zomholi omkhulu.