Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 after serving 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activism. Gandhi was a political and spiritual leader in India who used nonviolent civil disobedience to lead India's independence movement and inspire civil rights groups worldwide. Both leaders promoted principles of nonviolence, truth, faith, simplicity, and self-governance to achieve social change.

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3. First South African President to be elected in democratic election.

4. Anti-apartheid activist

5. 1962 arrested and convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison

6. Served 27 years in prison

8. Was allowed one visitor every 6 months

9. Was kept separate from other inmates and received fewer privileges.

10. Received his Bachelor of Law from the University of London while in prison.

12. Started the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience.

13. Supported totalnonviolence which led to India’s independence and inspired civil rights movements across the world.

15. Truth

16. Faith

17. Simplicity

18. Vegetarianism

19. Swaraj