Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whom people lovingly called ‘Bapu’ is popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on October 2, 1869 at porbandar in Gujarat. He received his early education at home and was highly influenced by his parents.
He was sent to England for higher studies. He studied law and in 1891 was called to the Bar. He returned to India and set up his legal practice but could not succeed as a lawyer. Two years later he went to South Africa for a legal case. He guided the Indians there to struggle against injustice and tyranny which they were suffering under cruel laws. It was a non-violent successful movement.
After 21 years he returned to India and joined the struggle for India’s Independence. Sabarmati was the centre of his many activities of non-violent, non-cooperation movements. For this, he was sent to jail many times. He fought against injustice fearlessly and was a tyranny everywhere. He strongly believed in Satyagraha which is a fight based on truth against injustice, cruelty and untruth. He successfully led the countrymen to their freedom in August 1947.
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Mahatma Gandhi was a great humanitarian. He was a God fearing and spiritual minded person. The Father of the Nation not only served the country but worked throughout his life for the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society and the removal of many social and the moral evils.
He lived a splendid long life and has set great moral standards before us. He showed to the world the true way to peace. He wished to see India prosper but he became a martyr for the noble cause of Hindu-Muslim unity at the time of partition when a religious fanatic, Nathuram Godse, shot him dead on January 30, 1948. His last words were ‘Hey Ram’.