Remembering the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi on His Birth Anniversary
Mahatma Gandhi was one of the great Indian leaders in India. His full name was Karamchand Gandhi which was associated with his father Karamchand Gandhi, who was the Diwan of a princely state of Rajkot, his mother’s name was Putlibai Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat.
Mahatma Gandhi is also known as "Bapu" or "Father of Nation". He was a prominent Political leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Mahatma Gandhi was the foremost leader to start the “Civil Disobedience Movement”.
Mahatma Gandhi was a patriot who fought for the interest of the country. Gandhiji was always a person who followed the path of non-violence. Gandhiji fought non-violently against injustice and racial discrimination from the very beginning. Gandhiji had to face many difficult circumstances and struggles in his life but he never gave up.
1. Early Life of Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhiji's father's name was Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi, he was the Diwan of Rajkot and the mother Putlibai, who gave birth to Gandhiji, was the fourth wife of Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhiji was married at the age of 13 to Kasturba Makhanji Kapadia, who was about 6 months older than Gandhiji. At the age of 14, Gandhiji lost his father. Gandhiji's wife Kasturba withstood him every step of the way throughout her life. She even used to give her full cooperation in the freedom movements.
Gandhiji did his education in Porbandar, then went to Rajkot for the secondary examination. Gandhiji went to England to complete his further studies in law and completed his legal education in 1891. For some time during his education, he had to go to South Africa due to legal action.
After returning from South Africa Gandhiji actively participated in many freedom fighting movements. With the passing of time, Gandhiji became a prominent leader in India's freedom struggle. He always supported and lead the movements with non-violence. Gandhiji had led many freedom movements. Some of these movements are as follows-
- Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
- Non-cooperation Movement (1920 - 1922)
- Namak Satyagraha (1930)
- South Movement (1932–1933)
- Quit India Movement (1942)
Gandhiji organized and led many movements for the Indian people, under which Gandhiji had to go to jail several times. At that time, farmers were also being tortured in the Champaran district of Bihar, so Gandhi Ji raised his voice against the Britishers and their policy for the farmers through the 1917 peasant movement. He did this movement against the landlords and the British Raj. During the South African movement, he understood the importance of truth and non-violence. Only then in 1920, Gandhiji played a role as a leading leader for the Satyagraha or civil disobedience movement. Under this movement, the British got a tough challenge.
In 1920, he founded the non-cooperation movement. Due to the uniting of millions of Indians in this non-cooperation movement, the British government suffered a huge setback and this movement as a whole was successful in India. After this, Gandhiji took out a march on foot from Sabarmati in Gujarat to Dandi village in 1930. This movement was against the British government's monopoly on salt, which was the most important movement in the movement made by Gandhiji. This movement was called Namak (Salt) Satyagraha.
In the year 1932, under the Dalit movement, Gandhiji founded the All-India Anti-Untouchability Movement by taking the Dalit movement, under this movement, the anti-untouchability movement was started. In 1942, he started the Quit India Movement against the British, for which Gandhi had to go to jail several times.
Gandhiji through many movements in India tried to take the country from the path of violence to the path of non-violence. Through various movements, Gandhiji ended apartheid and the discrimination between the poor and the rich. For his country, Gandhiji never took a step back in his life and went ahead in many movements, led them, and had to stay in jail many times. Finally, the sacrifice made by the thousands of freedom fighters our India became independent on August 15, 1947.
On the evening of January 30, 1948, while going to evening prayer Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by one of his followers Nathuram Godse. Even after his death, he is remembered for his contribution to the Independence of India on his birth anniversary which is on 2 October every year.
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