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Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader in the real sense. He did not live for
self; but spent his whole life for the good of his country and its people. He
was a man of firm determination and strong will-power. Undeterred by any
opposition or consequences, he pursued his mission single-handedly and was even
followed by lakhs and lakhs of people afterwards.
Affectionately called
‘Bapu’ by most of his countrymen, Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at
Porbandar in Gujarat. His full name was Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi. During his
school days, he was greatly influenced by the characters of King Harish Chandra
and Shravan Bhakta.
While his first model
taught him to be truthful in life, the second ideal imparted him the lesson of
being obedient to one’s parents.
After passing his matriculation
in 1887, he went to London to study law and returned to India in 1891. Though
he started practice as a lawyer, he met with little success. The main obstacle
was his decision not to tell lies, or fabricate facts to win a case.
His stay in South Africa
from 1893 onward, proved to be a turning point in his life. Though his initial
law assignment was only for one year, he spent 21 years, fighting against the
racial discrimination there. He himself was abused because of his Indian
nationality. It was, actually, in South Africa that Gandhi put to test his
weapons of Satyagraha and civil disobedience, called ‘Satyagraha’ to awaken the
dormant masses.
He made experiment with
community living at the Phoenix Farm and the Tolstoy Farm. There he took upon himself
the job of a teacher, a cook, a nurse and a gardener and a scavenger. It was
here that he gave a new concept for education.
Gandhi returned to India
in 1915 and soon became an acclaimed leader of the nationalist movement for
freedom. He opposed the unjust policies of the British government without any
fear or restraint.
He forced the government
to withdraw the Rowlatt bill vehemently, organised protests against the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar and marched to the sea to make salt from
the water. This was to show his total opposition to the Salt Act.
Gandhi was a role model of
‘Simple living and high Thinking’. He lived and dressed like a fakir and
enjoyed living amongst the poorest of the poor. He did a lot to improve the
social status of women, backward classes and fought against untouchability.
He was also a very good
writer. His autobiography ‘My Experiments with Truth’ is a true picture of his
life. It was, however, very sad and tragic that this devotee of ‘non-violence’
was shot dead on January 30, 1948. A shocked India and saddened world mourned
his death.
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