Who is Gandhi and what was his political goal? *

Gandhi was a political leader of the Indian people with his main goal being independence of his country.

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most famous and respected people from the late 19th and 20 centuries. He was the leader of the Indian people, striding toward independence. Unlike the majority of the leaders of the independence movement in the world though, Gandhi actually didn't promoted violence, but peaceful measures.

Gandhi was leading his people into peaceful protests, social disobedience, and leaving the corporations thus forcing the colonists to give up. The goal of Gandhi to have a free and independent India did happened, unfortunately though after he was assassinated so he didn't lived to see what he managed to achieve.

build religious and ethnic harmony and eliminate the injustices of the caste system

Explanation:

detente translated to english means politics