MAHATMA GANDHI -father of nation

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Whenever i think about "InsPeople",the very first name which comes to my mind is "MAHATMA GANDHI".

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yes my dear friends,father of our nation, a person who gave us freedom, a person who influenced many important leaders-InsPeople of the world,which includes
■ Martin Luther King,Jr.-An american activist, leader in African-American Civil Rights Movement
■ Nelson Mandela-A South African Anti-apartheid Revolutionary,who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
■ Albert Einstein-A well known Physicist,
And many more......

After knowing these all, how can we miss our chance to start this inspirational journey with such an inspiring persona. So i decided to post very first article of "InsPeople" which is "MAHATMA GANDHI- the father of nation"
Well, it is indeed difficult to write about such a great personality,but somehow i managed to put everything in this little article and Here it is...



 
                                 ◆ TABLE OF CONTENT ◆

①	Introduction
②	Famous Speeches by MAHATMA GANDHI
③	Letters by MAHATMA GANDHI
④	Top Movements by MAHATMA GANDHI
⑤	The Last Day Of MAHATMA GANDHI
⑥	Tributes to MAHATMA GANDHI
⑦	Quotes by MAHATMA GANDHI
⑧	Courtesy

                                          Introduction

Full name of MAHATMA GANDHI is MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI.
MAHATMA GANDHI was born on 2nd October,1869 in a Hindu Modh Vanik family as a son of KARAMCHAND GANDHI and his wife PUTLIBAI in PORBANDAR,GUJARAT,INDIA.

MAHATMA GANDHI got his fascination for truth from his parents.



kasturbai makhanji kapadia

As a child, MAHATMA GANDHI started going to school in porbandar. Later when the family moved to Rajkot,Gujarat,he joined the alfred High School at Rajkot. He was conscientious, but not fond of studies. He was shy. He would hardly mix with other students in school, and the moment school was over, he would run back home. He was not fond of games but liked to go for long and brisk walks. He had the highest respect for his teachers, and never wanted to do anything that would give them pain.
(To read about emergence of mahatma,please click HERE )

MAHATMA GANDHI's marriage took place when he was 13 years of age,when he was still a student in the Alfred High School at Rajkot,in May,1883. Because MAHATMA GANDHI's father was not in good health, and was growing old. He was keen to see his two young sons married before he passed away.

So he decided that the younger son, Mohan's marriage should also take place at the same time as that of the elder son. He married to KASTURBAI MAKAHNJI KAPADIA.

She was also of the same age. She had never been to school. Both of them were too young to understand or take up the responsibilities of married life. In later years,MAHATMA GANDHI saw this, and spoke of how thoughtless and dangerous it was to push young children into marriage or for young children to enter into marital life.
(To read more about birth and upbringing of MAHATMA GANDHI,please click HERE )

After MAHATMA GANDHI had completed his education in the High School at Rajkot,he had moved on to the Samaldas College at Bhavnagar, and then he shifted to england in 4th September,1888 to study law.


Mahatma Gandhi in England

Having passed his examinations MAHATMA GANDHI was called to the Bar on June10, 1891, and sailed for India two days later.
(To read more about MAHATAMA GANDHI's education,please click HERE )

Then he went to durban, then he went to south africa,where many incidents happened that disappointed MAHATMA GANDHI.He started fighting for rights of indians in South Africa from 1893 and succeded in 1914.
(To read about movements in south africa,please click HERE )

Then MAHATMA GANDHI returned to India in 1915. Here,he started fighting for freedom of India after seeing indians enduring pain in their own nation. And a historical journey started then which lasted for 32 years. MAHATMA GANDHI started doing satyagrahs.He did many movements. His principles was truth and honesty. He always believed in non-violence. And finally,after 32 years of satyagrahs,movements and non-violent fight,MAHATMA GANDHI succeded. India became free on 15th August,1947.
(To read more about MAHATMA GANDHI,please click HERE )

            Famous Speeches by MAHATMA GANDHI

MAHATMA GANDHI,besides an inspirational personality,was an influencial speaker,too. There were some speeches given by MAHATMA GANDHI during different movements in India,had been famous and popular.



Gandhi And Nehru



Some of the speeches are as below:
(To read it,please click on the name)

① Kashmir Issue
② Great trial of 1922
③ Reception in Madras
④ Dandi March speech
⑤ Round table conference,1931
⑥ The 'Quit India' speeches,1942
⑦ Banaras Hindu University speech
⑧ Speech before Inter Asian relation Conference
⑨ Speech on Eve of the Last Fast

                        Letters by MAHATMA GANDHI

There were some letters written by MAHATMA GANDHI, which became a source of inspiration to many. Some of these letters are as below:

(To read letter,please click on its name)

① Letters to ASHRAM SISTERS,ASHRAM CHILDREN,Workers,Yervada mandir,Lakshmidas Gandhi,and others

② Letters to KALLENBACH

③ Letter to Adolf Hitler-23rd July,1939

④ Letter to Adolf Hitler- 24th December, 1940

⑤ MAHATMA GANDHI- Tilak Correspondence

⑥ MAHATMA GANDHI - Ambedkar Correspondence

⑦ MAHATMA GANDHI- Sarojini Naidu Correspondence

⑧ Other letters

                  Top Movements by MAHATMA GANDHI

As i covered earlier, MAHATMA GANDHI did movements for freedom of India,based on truth and non-violence. Top movements by MAHATMA GANDHI are as below:

① Kheda/Champaran satyagraha
-The 1st satyagraha movement inspired by MAHATMA GANDHI,occured in Champaran district of Bihar on 10th April,1917 and Kheda district of Gujarat in 1918

② Khilafat Movement
-A movement started in 1919.It was all about the worldwide protest against the status of CALIPH by muslims.This movement collapsed in 1922

③ Non-cooperation movement
-A movement started after Jallianwala baug massacre.It was against Rowlatt act.

④ Salt satyagraha movement/Dandi March
-A movement,march began on 12th March,1930, to illegally produce salt from seawater.It started from Sabarmati ashram,Ahmedabad,Guajarat to a village named Dandi,near Navsari,Gujarat


Dandi March 

⑤ Quit India movement
-A movement started in India during World War 2 on 9th August,1942, for immediate indipendence.

                          The Last Day of MAHATMA GANDHI

The day,when we lost our true hero,the father of our nation. Here is some information about The Last Day Of MAHATMA GANDHI in the words of Mr. V. Kalyanam, personal secretary to Mahatma Gandhi.

"Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Delhi on Tuesday, 9 September 1947, from Calcutta. He was staying in Birla House at Albuquerque Road (now renamed Tees January Marg/30th January Road).

Friday, 30 January 1948, dawned like any other day. We never knew what was going to happen in the evening. We got up as usual for our prayers at 3.30. We went about our daily routine with no thought about what the day had in store for us.




last day of Mahatma Gandhi

We ascended the steps leading to the prayer platform,for a evening prayer at around 5:10pm.People stood with folded hands and Gandhiji reciprocated. They made way for him to go to the rostrum, about 25 feet from the steps, where he would sit on a one-foot-high wooden dais. The assassin (Nathuram Godse) had obviously been waiting in this crowd hiding a revolver in his pocket. Gandhiji had walked hardly five or six paces when the assassin fired some shots in quick succession from close range resulting in the Mahatma instantaneous death. He fell behind bleeding profusely and in that melee, his spectacles and footwear were thrown asunder. I was too shocked and dumb-founded to react. Later, in loneliness, tears came to my eyes."

(To read a detailed description of MAHATMA GANDHI's last day in words of Mr. V. Kalyanam,please click HERE)

                    Tributes To MAHATMA GANDHI

There were many persons from India and Abroad as well,who got shocked by the news of MAHATMA GANDHI's death. They all gave tributes to MAHATMA GANDHI. These name includes PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU,SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL,MRS. SAROJINI NAIDU, Lord Mountbatten, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein.

Besides these all,many famous persons from

• United States of America (USA)

• Europe

• United Kingdom (UK),and

• Pakistan

gave tributes to MAHATMA GANDHI.

Here are the some tributes.

■Tribute by PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU:



Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

" This man of God trod the Earth

Great men and eminent men have monuments in bronze and marble set up for them, but this man of divine fire managed in his life-time to become enmeshed in millions and millions of hearts so that all of us became somewhat of the stuff that he was made of, though to an infinitely lesser degree. He spread out over India not in places only, or in select places, or in assemblies, but in every hamlet and hurt of the lowly and those who suffer. He lives in the hearts of millions of and he will live for immortal ages.

...He has gone, an all over India there is a feeling of having been left desolate and forlorn. All of sense that feeling, and I do not know when we shall be able to get rid of it, and yet together with that feeling there is also a feeling of proud thanksgiving that it has been given to us of this generation to be associated with this mighty person. In ages to come, centuries and many millenniums after us, people will think of this generation when this man of God trod the earth and will think of is who, however small, could also follow his path and probably tread on that holy ground where his feet had been. Let us be worthy of him. Let us always be so."

■Tribute by SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL:


Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

" His supreme sacrifice will quicken our conscience

For even though his mortal frame will turn into ashes tomorrow, at 4.00 pm, Gandhiji's imperishable teachings will abide with us. I even feel that Gandhiji's immortal spirit is still hovering over us and will continue to watch over the nation's destiny in future also. The mad youth who killed him was wrong if he thought thereby he was destroying his noble mission. Perhaps God wanted Gandhiji's mission to fulfill and prosper through his death.

I am sure Gandhiji's supreme sacrifice will wake up the conscience of our countrymen and evoke a higher response in the heart of every Indian. I hope and pray that it may be given to us to complete Gandhiji's mission. At this solemn moment, no one of us can afford to waver or lose his or her heart. Let us all stand united and bravely face the national disaster that has overtaken us. Let us all solemnly pledge ourselves afresh to Gandhiji's teachings and ideals."

■Tribute by Lord Mountbatten:



lord mountbatten

"Life of love and truth

Gandhiji's death is truly a loss to mankind which sorely needs the living light of those ideals of love and tolerance for which he strove and died. In her hour of deep sorrow India is proud to have given to the world a man of his imperishable renown and is confident that his example will be a source of inspiration and strength in the fulfilment of her destiny...

India, indeed the world, will not see the like of him again, perhaps, for centuries.

Our one consolation in this hour of unparalleled grief is that his life of truth, tolerance and love towards his fellows may inspire our troubled world to save itself by following his noble example."

■Tribute by ALBERT EINSTEIN:

Albert Einstein

" Everyone concerned in the better future of mankind must be deeply moved by the tragic death of Mahatma Gandhi. He died as the victim of his own principles, the principle of nonviolence. He died because in time of disorder and general irritation in his country, he refused armed protection for himself. It was his unshakable belief that the use of force is an evil in itself, that therefore it must be avoided by those who are striving for supreme justice to his belief. With his belief in his heart and mind, he has led a great nation on to its liberation. He has demonstrated that a powerful human following can be assembled no only through the cunning game of the usual political manoeuvres and trickeries but through the cogent example of morally superior conduct of life.

The admiration for Mahatma Gandhi in all countries of the world rests on recognition, mostly sub-conscious, recognition of the fact that in our time of utter moral decadence, he was the only statesman to stand for a higher level of human relationship in political sphere. This level we must, with all our forces, attempt to reach. We must learn the difficult lesson that an endurable future of humanity will be possible only if, also in international relations, decisions are based on law and justice and not on self-righteous power, as they have been upto now."

To read tributes by many other persons,please click HERE.

                          Quotes by MAHATMA GANDHI

Some of the inspirational,famous quotes by MAHATMA GANDHI are as below:

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"My life is my message."

-Mahatma Gandhi



Mahtama Gandhi Statue



"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"Where there is love there is life."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?"

-Mahatma Gandhi

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

-Mahatma Gandhi



"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

-Mahatma Gandhi



Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba



"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

-Mahatma Gandhi

                                              Courtesy

MAJOR COURTESY:

The major source/courtesy for the article and information:

BOMBAY SARVODAYA MANDAL | GANDHI BOOK CENTRE

299, tardeo Road,Nana Chowk,Mumbai-400 007,India.

● WEBSITE: www.mkgandhi.org

●To read about MAHATMA GANDHI IN HINDI, visit: www.hindi.mkgandhi.org

OTHER COURTESIES: 

Various articles and information on Internet,in books,etc.

: some MUST READ books about MAHATMA GANDHI - father of nation :

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(1) Mahatma Gandhi - Biography of the Indian Leader (English)

(2) Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination (English)

(3) India After Gandhi: The History Of The World's Largest Democracy (English)

(4) The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi-English (English)

(5) Gandhi The Story of my Experiment with Truth (English)

(6) My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (General Press)

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