The romantic archetype centers on a hero's journey to change the world for the betterment of humanity. The romantic hero overcomes the challenge to help society regain enlightenment and share it with society. Mahandas Gandhi is a romantic hero because he tries to change the world for the betterment of freedom. Mahandas Gandhi was born on 2 October 1896 in Porbandar, India. The Gandhis were middle-class Hindus, educated and deeply religious. When Gandhi was thirteen years old, he was married to his wife, Kasturbai. They had four children. Ghandi went to study law in London after high school. He then went to South Africa, where he spent twenty years opposing discriminatory legislation against Indians. When Gandhi returned to India in 1914, he supported the Home Rule movement and became the leader of the Indian Nation Congress. He advocated a policy of non-violent non-cooperation to achieve independence. He was jailed for conspiracy because of his civil disobedience, which is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or an occupying international power. It is one of the main methods of nonviolent resistance. In 1930 he led a march to the sea to collect salt in a symbolic challenge to the government monopoly. After India became independent, he tried to stop the Hindu-Muslim conflict, but this led to his assassination by a Hindu fanatic. As a result, Gandhi died on January 30, 1948. From the 19th century to the early 20th century, Britain was the global power, the largest empire of the time. Britain controlled India from 1858-1947, this time period is called the “British Raj”. The English bled the Indians dry by collecting high taxes and discriminated against the society. Gandhi Wan... midway through the document... who pledged to gain complete independence led to mutinies and widespread communal riots in Calcutta, India. India was finally liberated from British rule on the midnight of August 15, 1947. Gandhi is the father of the nation in India. His birthday, October 2, is India's national day. Gandhi's non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress was influential, the idea having a profound influence on Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Albert Einstein on Gandhi: “I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all politicians of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: do not use violence in fighting for our cause, but do not participate in anything you believe is evil.” Gandhi made enormous contributions to the nonviolent movement, although he never received the Nobel Peace Prize because he was not alive.