Gandhi spent twenty years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. He joined the Indian National Congress and was introduced to Indian issues, politics and the Indian people primarily by Gopal Krishna Gokhale. When in 1915 Gandhi returned to India after his stint in South Africa he brought an international reputation as a leading Indian nationalist, theorist and organizer.
His time in London was influenced by a vow he had made to his mother upon leaving India, in the presence of a Jain monk, to observe the precepts of abstinence from meat and alcohol as well as of promiscuity. In London he studied law at University College London, where he studied Indian law and jurisprudence and trained as a barrister at the Inner Temple. Though his elders objected, Gandhi could not be prevented from leaving. In 1888 Gandhi set sail for England, where he had decided to pursue a degree in law. His father died before Gandhi could finish his schooling. During his youth, Mohandas Gandhi was shy, soft-spoken, and only a mediocre student at school. Mohandas has his schooling in nearby Rajkot. His mother, Putlibai, was from a Pranami Vaishnava family. Karamchand Gandhi (1822-1885), served as the diwan (chief minister) of Porbander state. Mohandas Gandhi was the last child of his father (Karamchand Gandhi) and his father's fourth wife (Putlibai). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi OR Bapu, as he was lovingly addressed by all, was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula.
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