Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a full-fledged revolutionary firmly committed to nonviolence. He took the lead in long struggle for India's independence from Britain, worked for elimination of racial discrimination in South Africa, promotion of Hindu-Muslim unity, abolition of untouchability. He organized what later recalled as the "advent of satyagraha" or nonviolence movement and raised consciousness about independence and self-reliance in India by employing fasting and wearing home-spun Indian fabric (Khadi). He was imprisoned many times for leading protests and nonviolence movements against discriminatory laws and abusive working conditions. India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947. Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu fanatic upset over Gandhi's tolerance of Muslims. Gandhi's wife Kasturbai Kapadia Makanji Gandhi was a constant source of wisdom and inspiration for Gandhi and those who knew her.