Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a prominent political leader of the Indian independence movement. Following the principles of Satyagraha and non-violence, he played an important role in providing independence to India. These principles of his inspired people all over the world for the civil rights and freedom movement. He is also called the Father of the Nation.


Mahatma Gandhi is a mishra for the entire human race. He followed non-violence and truth in every situation and asked people to follow them. He lived his life in virtue. He always wore traditional Indian dress dhoti and cotton shawl. This great man, who always eats vegetarian food, also kept a long fast for self-purification.
Before returning to India in 1915, Gandhi fought for the civil rights of the people of the Indian community in South Africa as a migrant lawyer. Coming to India, he toured the entire country and united the farmers, laborers and workers to fight against heavy land tax and discrimination. In 1921, he took over the reins of the Indian National Congress and through his actions influenced the political, social and economic landscape of the country. Did it He gained considerable fame with the Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and the 'Quit India' movement in 1942. During the independence struggle of India, Gandhi ji also remained in jail for many years on many occasions.

Whenever we talk about the history of our country India, there is a talk of freedom struggle and there are discussions on which soldiers also contributed in this freedom struggle. Read about the freedom fighters of India here. There were two types of fighters in this freedom struggle,


First -: Those who wanted to respond to the atrocities committed by the British in the same way, they were the main ones -: Chandrashekhar Azad, Sardar Bhagat Singh, etc.
As stated earlier, by the end of the Second World War, the British Government had indicated to liberate the country. Along with the movement for India's independence, the demand for a 'separate Muslim majority country' (Pakistan) under Jinnah's leadership was intensified and in the 40s these forces made the demand for a separate nation 'Pakistan' in reality Had changed.Gandhiji did not want the partition of the country because it was completely different from his doctrine of religious unity but it did not happen and the British divided the country into two pieces - India and Pakistan.
 Assassination of Gandhiji
On January 30, 1948, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in the Birla House in Delhi at 5:17 pm. Gandhiji was going to address a prayer meeting when his killer Nathuram Godse fired 3 bullets into his chest. It is believed that 'Hey Ram' was the last word from his mouth. Nathuram Godse and his accomplices were prosecuted and sentenced to death in 1949.

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