Mahatma Gandhi Coloring Page

Mohandas Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, and trained as a lawyer in London. He spent about 20 years in South Africa, where he began using peaceful protest to fight unfair laws. “Mahatma” is a title meaning “great soul.”

In 1930 he led the Salt March, a walk of about 240 miles to the sea, to protest the British tax on salt. Thousands joined him along the way. India became independent in 1947, and Gandhi’s way of peaceful protest inspired leaders like Martin Luther King Jr.