Question

why was the Mahatma Gandhi as father of nation

Answer 1

It is a title given to him by S C bose for his contribution in Indian independence. This title was given to him when he was addressing a radio.

Answer 2

1. Mahatma Gandhi ji is referred in India as the Father of the Nation. Much before the Constitution of Free India conferred the title of the Father of the Nation upon the Mahatma, it was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who first addressed him as such in his condolence message to the Mahatma on the demise of Kasturba.

2. He provided the template for a political and spiritual vision of the nation. Just as a parent should provide both physical and spiritual notions of the good child, Gandhi did this for his nation. While other leaders possessed conceptions of what India could be, Gandhi was able to post a notion of the good where political freedom was sought after spiritual liberation. In this light, he sought to transform the nation and those who were in it. It is because of this that he is called "Father." He sought to give much than a political ideal. Gandhi's method to protest, stances on politics, and his entire state of being was based on spiritual elevation. It is in this that we see individuals flocking to both his ideas and his teachings, just as one would flock to a wise father.

3. Mahatma Gandhi was also called as Babu, is the father of nation as he was the chief architect of the independent struggle which he fought on the values of Non-violence. Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist (ever born on earth) said future generation will not believe that a person like Gandhi walked on the earth. Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandelas were the great follower of Mahatma Gandhi.