Mohandas Gandhi (CivRev)

Mohandas Gandhi
Vital statistics
Civilization	Indian
Title	Mahatma
Date of birth	1869 AD
Date of death	1948 AD
Preferred victory	Domination Victory

Mohandas Gandhi is the leader of the Indians in Civilization Revolution.

Strategy

Gandhi will often try for a domination victory, despite his seemingly peaceful nature. Make sure that when you meet him, you meet him with force. If you don't have adequate forces to fight him right out of the gate (since you will most likely find him in the Ancient Era), declare peace (for now) and retreat and take any idle Warriors (or create some if you don't have any), make some Armies, return to his capital, declare war and wipe him out.

Civilopedia entry

Mohandas Gandhi (1869 - 1948 AD), also known as Mahatma or "Great Soul," was the guiding force behind the foundation of the Indian nation and the father of nonviolent civil disobedience. Centered on equal rights and moral action, Gandhi's beliefs have influenced many of the world's most renowned leaders, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Ho Chi Min. Born in Porbandar, India and educated as a lawyer in England, Gandhi traveled to South Africa seeking work, but his experiences in the country would change the young lawyer forever.

Appalled by the poor treatment of South African Indians and blacks, Gandhi launched a movement to secure rights for marginalized South African citizens. During his twenty years in Africa, Gandhi was threatened, beaten and jailed on multiple occasions, but secured numerous concessions from the South African government to improve the lives of its citizens. It was also here that Gandhi first articulated his philosophy of "Satyagraha" or non-violent protest.

Leaving South Africa for his homeland, Gandhi launched a series of movements with the goal of making India a self-sufficient and independent nation. Much of Gandhi's early work involved lifting Indian dependence on British goods. He urged the Indian citizens to begin weaving their own cloth and making their own salt, despite cheaper goods being available from their English rulers. While ostensibly supporting Great Britain during World War II, Gandhi and his followers grew more adamant in their demand for an independent India as the war progressed. Protests swept the country as Gandhi's demands that Great Britain "Quit India" became a national movement. Finally in 1947, Great Britain granted India its full independence. Gandhi would be able to enjoy his country's independence for barely a year, as in 1948, after dozens of previous attempts ended in failure, an assassin's bullet finally found the man who brought independence to India without firing a shot.

Fun Fact

Gandhi's compassionate nature did not only apply to humans. In 1952, Gandhi published The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism, a book advocating a meat-free way of life.

Gallery

Render of Mohandas Gandhi

See also

• Mohandas Gandhi in other games