Mohandas Karamchanda Gandhi,commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi was born in the twon of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on 2 october 1869.He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot,where his father served as the adviser or prime minister yo the local ruler,His mother,Putlibai, who came from the Hindu pranami Vaishnava commuity, was Karamchand's forth wife, the first three wives having apparently died in childbirth.Growing up with a devout mother and the jain tradiions of the region ,the young Mohandas absorbed early the influences that would play an important role in his adult life; these included compassion to sentient beings, vegetarianism, fasting for self-purification, and mutual tolerance between individuals of different creeds.
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