Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Essay on Mahatma Gandhi

 The anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi (Gandhi
Jayanti) is celebrated on October 2 as a national event
throughout India. This day is observed throughout the world
as the International Day of Nonviolence. Mahatma Gandhi
has contributed untiringly and selflessly to the struggle for
independence for independence.

 The ideals of Mahatma Gandhi were Satya (truth) and ahimsa

(nonviolence). For his philosophy of truth and nonviolence,
he paved the way for India's independence from the British.
Mahatma Gandhi was named as the father of the nation. It
was the harbinger of hope not only for India but for the
world.
 Mahatma Gandhi not only made a significant contribution
to India's fight against the British for freedom, but through
his iconoclastic vision, he urged people all over the world to
confront any form of Discrimination, whether by caste ,
color, little.

 The profound quote of Mahatma Gandhi, "The best way to

meet is to lose yourself in the service of others", sums up
correctly his important selfless contribution to India.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, an iconoclastic and
disinterested man, was born on October 2, 1869 in
Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi and Putlibai, in a family of
Hindu merchant castes in Porbandar, Gujarat state.
 He practiced law for a year at the University of Bombay, then
was transferred to University College London, where he
graduated in 1891. Mahatma Gandhi was admitted to the law
school of England. He practiced law in Bombay (now
Mumbai) for a year before traveling to South Africa, where he
was a victim of racism.

 Mahatma Gandhi used nonviolent civil disobedience for the

first time in South Africa as part of the struggle of the Indian
civil rights community. His nonviolence and his satyagraha
were the tools with which he could lead India to
independence without spilling a drop of blood.
 Mahatma Gandhi inspired people with his famous
phrase "Be the change you want to see in the world.“

 He practiced nonviolence, truth and self-control. While

in London, he became more committed to a vegetarian
diet and encouraged others to adopt a vegetarian diet as
well. The father of the nation believed in simple life and
high thinking. He lived simply, wore a traditional Indian
dhoti and a shawl woven from wool spun by hand in a
charkha. He abstained from eating meat, alcohol and
promiscuity. Mahatma Gandhi made long fasts to mark
his opposition to political protest.
 In 1916, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for organizing the civil
resistance of tens of thousands of landless peasants and serfs in
the district of Champaran, Bihar, India. Through the
Champaran Satyagraha of 1916, Mahatma Gandhi and the
farmers and serfs opposed the increasing British tax on farmers
during the devastating famine.

 With his determination, Gandhi surprised the British in 1930

with his 440 km walking towards the sea to oppose the British
monopoly of salt and led the Indians to question the salt tax
imposed by the British. The Dandi Salt Walk is a record of
history and about 60,000 people were imprisoned after Dandi's
departure.
 Gandhi believed that all human beings are special persons of
God and that they should be treated equally, regardless of
their caste, color, language, creed, region, religion and ethnic
origin. Mahatma Gandhi believed in religious pluralism and
campaigned for the empowerment of the untouchables,
whom he called the Harijans (children of God). In 1942,
Gandhi urged the Indians to stop cooperating with the
British and called for the Quit India movement.
 However, India's struggle for independence lasted a long time
and many people sacrificed their lives during this process.
India finally gained freedom in August 1947. But
independence was followed by the terrible partition.

 After the partition and the witnesses of religious violence

related to the creation of India and Pakistan after the
independence of India in 1947, Gandhi carried out
innumerable fasts until death to put an end to religious
violence. . The father of the nation was killed on January 30,
1948, after Nathuram Godse fired three bullets at Birla
House in New Delhi.
 The father of the nation was a well-read man and a
passionate writer. His philosophy of ahimsa, satyagraha and
civil disobedience remains a powerful philosophy in people's
lives and has helped people around the world to gather the
courage to oppose discrimination.

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