Essay On Mahatma Gandhi in English

Essay on Mahatma Gandhi
All independent fighters was born in the history of India, but Mahatma Gandhi is one such
name who followed the path of truth and non-violence. Instead of being aggressive, an
enemy can be defeated by peace. Gave this example to the whole world.
Mahatma Gandhi’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2 October
1869 in Porbandar city of Gujarat. Mohandas’s father’s name was Karamchand Gandhi who
was the Diwan of the princely state of Rajkot. Mohandas’s mother Putilabai was a woman of
religious instinct.
Child Mohandas loved to read since childhood. As a child, he read the drama
of Shravana Kumar related to mother-father. Along with this, he had read the story
of Satyavadi King Harishchandra. Reading such Nectarine knowledge had a great impact on
his life and decided to walk the path of lifelong truth.
After passing the matriculation examination, Mohandas’s father took him admission to
Shamaldas College, Bhavnagar. They were married during this college day. His wife’s name
was Kasturba.
Gandhi as a Professional
After some time Mohandas was sent to England to become a barrister. In England,
Mohandas attained the title of barrister and he returned to India. After returning to his
homeland, he practiced for some time in Mumbai. But he could not succeed completely in
Mumbai. Finally, in May 1893, at the invitation of the great merchant of Porbandar, Sheth
Abdullah, he reached South Africa.
In those days, the people of South Africa were living a life of slavery-like India. The
government of South Africa had implemented a policy of such a color between black and
white in South Africa. Mahatma Gandhi had to be humiliated a few times due to this policy.
Sometimes his shoes were thrown from the train.
Once, he was thrown from the moving train due to an argument with the TC Master in the
previous compartment. Unhappy and angry with such incidents, he started a movement
against the government of South Africa.
There was a lot of support from the immigrant Indians and liberal Europeans In this
movement. Because of this justice was given to the people. Finally, after succeeding in his
objective, he returned native country.
Gandhi Travels to India
After coming to India, he wanted to know the state of his native country. In order to know
the true form of India, Gandhiji traveled to every corner of India by third-class rail. After
traveling, he saw the dreadful status of people in all corners.
Seeing this pathetic condition of Indians, his heart became distraught with compassion. To
build a permanent residence, he built an ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati River near
Ahmedabad. From 25 May 1915, he started living there.
Those days Indians were passing through a bad time. The British had captured Indians with
slavery. Mahatma Gandhiji encouraged the Indian public to make India free from the British.
Encouraged youth. Due to this, the freedom fighters plunged into the battle of independent
ransom.
Gandhiji gave unique weapons like truth and non-violence in his hand. All the movements
went on under the leadership of Gandhiji. All the people and prominent personalities took
major participation in those movements. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s name also appears in it.
The non-cooperation movement, Satyagraha movement, Quit India movement, etc. in

Gandhiji’s movement were prominent.
Non-Cooperation Movement:
This movement started by Gandhi was the biggest success in the history of India. Which gave
a new direction to India’s independence. When the British rule greatly increased the
oppression of Indians.
At the same time, laws imposing a lot of restrictions on Indians were implemented.
Thousands of Indians were being arrested without any reason on that basis. Movements
were started to stop this behavior.
This movement lasted from 1 August 1920 to 12 February 1922. But, after the Chauri-Chara
scandal, Gandhiji had to stop this movement on 12 February 1922.
Satyagraha Movement:
It was also known as the salt movement. The British imposed many taxes on Indians. The
British government imposed a heavy tax on making salt by Indians. To end this, Mahatma
Gandhi started this movement.
Gandhiji took out a visit to Dandee to break the law made by the British. He himself made
salt and also opposed the tax imposed on it. Lakhs and crores of Indians got tremendous
support in this movement.
Quit India Movement:
The Quit India movement was started on 9 August 1942 at the time of the Second World
War. This movement was started on 9 August 1942, exactly seven years after the Kakori
incident. It was started by Mahatma Gandhi at the Mumbai session of the All India Congress
Committee.
Through this, Gandhiji gave the slogan of ‘Quit India’, which the public got tremendous
support. Gandhiji gave the slogan “do or die” to the public during this time.
But in this movement, on 9 August 1942, on this date, before coming out, all the members of
the Congress Working Committee were arrested. Congress was declared an illegal entity.
Mahatma Gandhiji was arrested in the fort of Ahmednagar by the British. According to
official figures, 60,229 people were arrested in this mass movement. While 1630 people were
injured and 940 people were killed.
A large number of people started landing on the roads to protest against British Governance.
Congress flags started spreading on all government buildings. Students and workers went on
strike.
The farmers of Bengal started the struggle against the increase in tax. Due to such
tremendous support, this movement was very successful. It helped a lot in shaking the
foundation of the British.
Death of Gandhiji:
Gandhiji died on 30 January 1948. When Mahatma Gandhi was walking on the grounds of
Birla House in Delhi. Nathuram Godse killed Bapu by killing three bullets.
When Manmohan Gandhi was taking his last breath. At that time, his words… Ram… such
words came out.

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