Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of the independence movement in India and international symbol of civil disobedience, inspired generations of civil rights and independence movements following his successful campaign for India from 192- to 1947. India successfully won its independence in 1947. It had been a colony of the British Empire since 1612. (AP)
Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills)