Charlotte Asian Heritage Association

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbandar in the state of what is now Gujarat on second October 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser or prime minister to the local ruler. Though India was then under British rule, over 500 kingdoms, principalities, and states were allowed autonomy in residential and internal affairs: these were the so-called 'native states' Rajkot was one such state. Gandhi later recorded the early years of his life in his extraordinary autobiography.