Question

write in detail the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi as a social reformer

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi as a social reformer

• Gandhi was an admired social and political reformer worldwide. Mahatma Gandhi was many things. He was a son, a husband, a lawyer, but he was admired worldwide as a great social reformer, political leader, and thinker. ... Mahatma was born Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1869 in Porbandar, India.

Answer 2

Mahatma Gandhi (October 2, 1869 to January 30, 1948) was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience.
In 1915 Gandhi founded an ashram in Ahmedabad, India, that was open to all castes. Wearing a simple loincloth and shawl, Gandhi lived an austere life devoted to prayer, fasting and meditation. He became known as “Mahatma,” which means “great soul.”
In 1906, Gandhi organized his first mass civil-disobedience campaign, which he called “Satyagraha” (“truth and firmness”), in reaction to the South African Transvaal government’s new restrictions on the rights of Indians, including the refusal to recognize Hindu marriages.
There were many other religious work done by Gandhi ji.
CONCLUSION
Unlike various other leaders of his time, Gandhiji did not resort to violent and aggressive means to drive the British away. He took the path of truth and non-violence and was supported by a large number of Indians. He played a major role in freeing India from the British rule.