Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, or, with honorific title, Mahatma Gandhi is arguably the most renowned representative of Hinduism of the 20th century. He propagated nonviolence ( ahiṃsā ), insistence on truth (satyāgraha; satya ), and self-restraint as the fundamental principles of religion, guiding all activities whether political, social, religious, or personal. Life must be guided and pervaded by religion, which must not be accorded to a private o…