How did mohandas gandhi infulenced mankind?

Gandhi is known to be the father of nonviolence. Not only did he lead his people (the Indians) to freedom from the British through nonviolence, but he inspired countless others to fight their struggles through nonviolent purposes. The Dalai Lama, Lech Wałęsa, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., César Chávez, Aung San Suu Kyi, Benigo Aquino Jr., Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela have been named “Gandhi’s Children, and his spiritual heirs to nonviolence” (Time Magazine).