Mahatma Gandhi was a pacifist,  spiritual leader,  and Nobel Peace Prize winner who advanced the independence of India from Great Britain in 1947.
"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.  It is mighter than the mightest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
 
                                                                                  Mahatma Gandhi
 
                             On Friday, January 30, 1948 Gandhi was assassinated  on his way to the prayer ground.
 
             "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."
                                                                 Albert Einstein on Gandhi