Mahatma Gandhi
Our Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was a great man not only of India but of the whole world, who is considered to be the great icon of today's era. Ahinsa is a policy in which no one is ever known or hurt inadvertently. One example of Gandhiji in the world is his Satyagraha, in front of which the British had to bow down.
This is the policy which was propagated by great persons like Gautam Buddha and Mahavir Swami and Mahatma Gandhi was one of the famous persons who followed the policy of non-violence. Many efforts were made by them for the independence of India, only after which we attained independence.
Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at a place called Porbandar in Kathiawar district of Gujarat state. Gandhiji's full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi's father's name was Karamchand Gandhi and mother's name was Putlibai Gandhi.
Gandhiji was from a purely Indian Hindu family for whom only virtue was valuable. Gandhiji's father was a Diwan of Rajkot, so Gandhiji received his education from England to pursue his family's advocacy tradition.
Mahatma Gandhi's education
Gandhi was born in Porbandar, due to which his early education was also done in Porbandar. Gandhiji passed his matriculation examination from his local school. Gandhiji passed the matriculation examination of Bombay University in 1887, after which he enrolled in Samaldas College, Bhavnagar.
Gandhiji had some trouble with the sudden passing of English language. Gandhiji's dream was to become a doctor but his family was not allowed to rip, so he went to England and studied law.
Marriage of Mahatma Gandhi
When Gandhiji was taking his school education, he was only 13 years old. At the age of 13, Gandhiji was married to Kasturba Devi, the daughter of a merchant from Porbandar. When Gandhiji was studying law, he had become the father of a son.
Mahatma Gandhi Ji's Foreign Visit
Gandhiji was taking his education when his father died. Gandhiji had to go to England to study law where he had studied for the first time with study with his open eyes. Gandhiji had promised his mother not to eat meat and fish before going abroad, which he kept till death.
Gandhiji had to face many troubles to get vegetarian food. Gandhiji returned to India after completing his legal studies, in the meantime his mother died. In Gandhiji's life, his mother had developed kindness, love, compassion and selfless devotion towards God.
Champaran and Kheda Movement
In 1917, the farmers of Champaran were being tortured a lot by the British. The British used to force him to cultivate indigo and buy that indigo at a fixed price, to protest against which Gandhiji started a movement in which the British had to accept their demands.
This movement of Gandhiji is known by the people as the Champaran movement, along with Kheda village in Gujarat in 1918, suffered a severe flood due to which a severe famine situation arose in that area but Even after this, the British did not want any exemption in tax. To oppose this Gandhiji started the Non-Cooperation Movement due to which the British exempted taxes.
Non-cooperation movement
When the British adopted a brutal policy and committed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Gandhi ji started the non-cooperation movement to answer it. The Non-Cooperation Movement was a non-violent movement launched against the British rule because Gandhiji believed that the British were able to establish their rule in India because they had the full support of the Indians.
Following Gandhiji, people started resigning from posts under the English government, along with this, people stopped buying English textiles and goods and started adopting indigenous goods. Non-cooperation movement did not use any kind of violence, but it shook the British.
Salt Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi ji undertook the Dandi Yatra, also known as Salt Satyagraha, in which Gandhiji opposed the laws on salt and prepared salt with his own hands. Gandhiji started the Dandi March to protest against the British monopoly on salt, which was completed in 24 days.
In 24 days, Gandhiji had reached the coastal village of Gujarat called Dandi from Sabarmati Ashram, due to which the salt law was disregarded and people started making and selling salt themselves. Salt Satyagraha attracted the attention of the whole world and strengthened the dream of independent India.
Achieving Independence
When Tilak ji died in 1920, after that, the entire burden of freedom movement came on Gandhi ji. Mahatma Gandhi was running the movement completely on the policies of non-violence. At this time Gandhiji started the non-cooperation movement in which thousands of lawyers, teachers, students, businessmen, etc. were involved.
This movement of Gandhiji was non-violent. Later in 1929, a Congress session was held on the banks of river Ravi in which Gandhiji declared complete independence. After this, Gandhiji opposed the salt law in which Gandhiji traveled for 24 days after which he reached Dandi and made salt with his own hands. Gandhiji also had to go to jail due to this journey and making salt. Finally, on 15 August 1947, India attained independence due to Gandhiji and many other Indians.
Epilogue
Mahatma Gandhi said that weapons and violence cannot solve any problem. This adds more to the issue of reducing any problems. Violence increases hatred, fear and anger in any person.Along with the freedom struggle, there were many such incidents in modern India which can explain to us the importance of non-violence very well how we can bring a lot of changes in society without shedding blood. It will also come at a time when people will be able to solve all the problems without any loss.
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