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write 500 line about Mahatama Gandhi

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M.K Gandhi was a person who will always be in our hearts.  He is also known as ‘Bapu’ or ‘Father of the Nation’.  He has also earned the title of ‘Rastrapita’.  His full name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Born on 2nd October 1869, Porbandar, Gujrat.

2nd October is celebrated as ‘Gandhi Jayanti‘

Gandhi was a freedom fighter who became the leader of our nationalism under British rule. He is being called ‘Mahatma’ due to his great works. He was a great freedom fighter and a non-violent activist who followed the path of non-violence and truth as his tools against British rule. Mahatma Gandhi was profoundly influenced by the life of the ‘King Harishchandra’.

Principles of Gandhi

He always followed the path of non-violence, truth, and peace. He also guided his fellow citizens to follow Ahimsa(non-violence). Satya(truth) and Shanti(peace). He adopted the idea of Satyagraha for the Indian Independence Movements.   He proved that non-violence is the most powerful sword.

Early life of Mahatma Gandhi

His father Karamchand was a noble and a pious man. He was the Chief-Dewan of the State of Rajput. His mother Putlibai was a straightforward and religious lady. Gandhiji was greatly influenced by his mother. Gandhiji married to Kasturba in 1883. When he was 18 years old, he completed his matriculation exam and went to England to study Barrister in Law.

Gandhi in South Africa

At the age of 24, Gandhi went to British Colony, South Africa to practice law. He spent his one years there from 1893 till 1914. As a lawyer, he was mainly employed by the Indians. While he was practicing there, he saw that the Indians are getting discriminated for their complexion. He got insulted so many times, but he continued his struggle. Once, he was disallowed to travel in the first-class and was thrown out of the train. He was moved by the poor condition of Indians and thus decided to fight against injustice. He fought for the civil rights and privileges of Indians. He also taught people to fight for their rights and that too through non-violence.  Thus, he decided to become a political activist.

Gandhi in India

Gandhi returned to India in 1915. After his arrival, he helped people in their problems and started a powerful yet non-violent movement against the misrule of the Britishers. Later, he joined Indian National Congress as a member and soon became the president. His moves brought spirituality in Indian politics. He worked for the removal of social problems like untouchability, upliftment of the backward society and also raised voice to develop villages.

Gandhi Ji inspired people to make use of Swadeshi goods. He also emphasizes on manual labor and motivated his people for being self-reliant for cotton and related goods. He started waving cotton clothes using Charkha.

Gandhi also received widespread participation of women in freedom movements.

Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This is the day we all remember him for his great deeds. This day has been declared as a National holiday by the government of India. The day is known as the International Day of non-violence and celebrated all around the world with great enthusiasm.

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Role of Mahatma Gandhi in Indian National Movement for Independence

One of the greatest and the most successful movements led by Gandhiji was the Champaran Movement.

When Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, he came to know about the problems, peasants were facing. Champaran is a small district situated in Northern Bihar. Here, the peasants were forced to grow indigo on their smaller pieces if land even if it was not possible to do so. In fact, the peasants were bearing huge losses by cultivating indigo on their fertile lands.

Gandhi also led the struggle for the poor peasants to increase in their wages and got success in it as well. There was an increase of 35% in their wages after the move

Gandhiji Movements

Gandhi is an inspiration to so many Indians. He launched various movements against British rule.

Non-Cooperation Movement (1942)

It was proved to be an excellent weapon against British people. It included non-violent protests against Brtish goods & services and inspiring our countrymen to put all their emphasis on using Swadeshi goods.

Salt Satyagraha (Dandi March) (1930)

Satyagraha or Salt Satyagraha was a protest against the tax regime by the Britishers. Gandhi produced salt at Dandi without paying any tax.

His Civil Disobedience Movement was also supported by millions of people.

Quit India Movement (1942)

Under this movement, Quit India slogans were launched to force Britishers to leave India. It has been considered as the most powerful movement by Mahatma Gandhi. Who can forget Gandhi’s famous slogan “Do or die’ and that too was comprised during this campaign.

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