Mahatma Gandhi
Who was Mahatma Gandhi?
Indian nationalist leader Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi more commonly knownas Mahatma Gandhi,was born
October 2 1869 in Porbandar,Kathiawar, India,which was then part of the British Empire.
How was his family?
Mohandas or Mohan was youngest of the three sons of Putlibai and Karamchand Gandhi. The latter had been Prime Minister successively in three Kathiawar States. He was straight and true as steel, known for his steadfastness and loyalty. The little house were Gandhi was born is today the "Kirti Mandir".
Putlibai was a traditional Indian woman, devoted to her home and family, deeply religious and austere. These qualities left a deep impression on young Gandhi. Another powerful influence of Gandhi’s early life was seeing King Harishchandr in the play, suffer for, but finally triumph in, his adherence to Truth. The boy Gandhi aspired to do no less.
The mission of salt satyagraha?
1929-30: "The Year of Grace". Gandhi was gathering his forces for onslaught on the citadel of authority. The "Salt Satyagraha" was not merely a protest against taxing the poor man’s diet, or a disobedience of the salt laws. In Gandhi’s eyes it was a "battle of right against might" While the world wondered, the "Dandi March" became the "first shot" in this unique fight.
How was Mahatma Gandhi's nature?
Scotland Yard had provided two top detectives to guard him, but he needed none. Wherever Mahatma went, children and women, simple folk and sophisticated gentry flocked round him, as when Charles Chaplin, the famous comedian, called. And it is on record that it was Gandhi who made him laugh.
