The Father of the Nation - Mahatma Gandhi - A Simple Person With Great Thoughts
The father of the nation Mahatma
Gandhi lived quite a simple life all along his journey till his last. It is not
easy to unite millions of people under one roof and fight for nation’s freedom.
It is not easy to keep even two people united on a single idea. Mahatma
Gandhi’s charisma, saintly life, determination, sincerity, truthfulness,
leadership qualities could bring millions of Indian’s together and fight the
mighty British power and bring independence to India.
Gandhi was born in Porbandar on October 2nd, 1869 in Gujarat.
The full name of Gandhi is Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi. Gandhi fought the
imperial British Empire with a simple weapon, the non
violence. He did not use any modern nuclear weapons, nor did any combing
operations to chase away the British from India
but simple principles like non co operative moment, non violence and kindness. With
his Satyagraha Movements and Ahimsa principle, he won not only Indian heart but
entire British. Paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death famous scientist
Albert Einstein said, "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a
man as this walked the earth in flesh and blood" (Ref. from http://gandhiworld.in/english/biography.php#sthash.eI9D9mCS.dpuf
He was married early but strongly against child marriage and
protected this bad custom throughout his career. He studied law to take up his
father’s position as a barrister, went to England
and completed his Law degree and came back to India. To pursue studies abroad Gandhi promised his
mother that he will not smoke, drink and fall for women. He kept up his promise
for the rest of his life. On receiving an offer from South
African company Dada Abdulla & Co he decided
to go to South Africa. During his tour in South
Africa he had bitter experience of racism
against Indians living there. In one of his travel from Durban
to Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal
he encountered a controversial dialogue with a white passenger who boarded into
the same compartment in which Gandhi was traveling. The white did not like a
black Indian to travel with him in the same compartment and ordered Gandhi to
leave to a III class compartment even though Gandhi had the I class ticket. When Gandhi rejected he was forcibly thrown
out of the compartment by a police and left alone on that fateful, cold day on
the platform.
It was the atrocity and racism in South
Africa that sworn the seed of 'Independence
for India' in the
mind of Gandhi and made him from 'Mohandas' to 'Mahatma'. Gandhi took a
different route to achieve this great feet of winning independence to Indians
and that is ‘non co operative movement’, ‘Satyagraha’ and ‘Ahimsa’. World War I
and II shook the world with deadly nuclear weapons that washed away continents;
Gandhi’s peace weapons shook British Kingdom. When violent weapons destroy generations,
Gandhi’s peace weapons unite millions for a rightful cause – the independence.
With his powerful non violence weapon Gandiji finally made
South Africa Government to agree upon fulfilling the demands of Indians living
in South Africa
in the year 1914, the first victory of non violence.
Coming back to India,
Gandhiji’s non cooperative movement geared up moment and all Indians rejected the holding rewards,
awards, titles, honors. The whole nation joined in the moment of Independence without
violence and only with satyagrahas for months and years. With a final call for ‘Quit India’ to British on Aug.8, 1942, Gandhi was arrested several times during
the Quit India Movement and released with the outbreak of demonstrations all over India.
British imperial rule wanted India's
help in the Second World War and made a promise to offer independence and did
not stick on to its promise even after a victory in the World War II. Events
changed after World War II and in the next general elections in Britain, 1945, Labor Party came to power, and Mr.Atlee became the Prime Minister. He
promised to quit India
and the subsequent events lead to our Independent on August 15,1947.
But this great person who never fought with any one, never
used harsh words, never insulted anyone was shot dead by an Indian and Gandhiji
fell to ground with great words ‘Hey Ram’. He used to say ‘Do not hear bad
words, do not see bad things and do not talk bad words’ symbolizing three
monkeys closing their ears, eyes and mouth. If we follow his principles in Toto
the whole world will live in peace and harmony. Gandhiji is a true inspiration
for all generations in the present troubled world.