Let’s start this essay on Mahatma Gandhi
Introduction:-
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar,a coastal town in present day Gujarat, India.His father, Karamchand Gandhi (1822-1885),who belonged to the Hindu Modh Community,was the diwan(Prime Minister) of Porbandar state,a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.
Name:-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Born:-October 2,1869, Porbandar, India
Died:-January 30,1948,Delhi(aged 78)
Political Affiliation:-Indian National Congress
Notable Family Members:-Kasturba Gandhi
Role In:-British Raj,Poona Pact, Round Table Conference, Salt March, non-cooperation movement
Occupation:-Lawyer,Anti Colonialist, Political ethicist
Nationality:-Indian
Years Active:-1893-1948
President of the Indian National Congress in office:- December 1924-April 1925
Education:-
Mohandas did his early schooling at a school in Rajkot,where he studied history, geography, arithmetic and languages. Later he shifted to a high school situated in Rajkot. His marriage affected his education, but he re- joined school and completed his education.In 1888, he joined the Samaldas College in Bhavnagar.He was unsatisfied with his education, convinced his parents and managed to go to London to study Law.
Role in the Indian Independence Movement:-
After returning to India permanently,he joined the Indian National Congress, Gopal Krishna Gokhale was his mentor at that time. In 1917-18,Gandhi led the Champaran agitation to Bihar and the Kheda agitation of Gujarat. He initiated and led other Non- Cooperation Movements, civil disobedience Movements Swaraj, and Quit India Movement.
Mahatma Gandhi:-Awards
•In 1930,Gandhi was named the Man of the Year by time Magazine.
•In 2011, Time magazine named Gandhi as one of the top 25 political icons of all time.
•He did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize despite being nominated five times between 1937 and 1948.
•The Government of India institutionalized the annual Gandhi Peace Prize to distinguished social workers, world leaders and citizens.Nelson Mandela, the leader of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid was a recipient of the award.
Mahatma Gandhi Film:-
Ben Kingsley portrayed Mahatma Gandhi in the 1902 film Gandhi, which won the Academy Award for best picture.
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(1919):-
Incident in which British troops killed several hundred unarmed Indian protesters.
In 1919 the British government of India enacted the Rowlatt Acts, extending its World war I emergency powers to combat subversive activities. On April 13 a large crowd gathered in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab region to protest the measures, troops opened fire, killing some 379 and wounding about 1,200.
The massacre permanently scarred relations between India and Britain and was the prelude to Mahatma Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement of 1920-22.
Indian National Congress:-
Indian National Congress, Broadly based political party of India, founded in 1885. The Congress Party was a moderate reform party until 1917, when it was taken over by its extremist Home rule wing (Bal Gangadhar Tilak). In 1920s and 1930s Mahatma Gandhi, it promoted non cooperation to protest the feebleness of the constitutional reforms of 1919. During world war 2nd, the party announced that India would not support the war until granted complete independence. In 1947 an Indian independence bill become law, and in 1950 the constitution took effect. Jawaharlal Nehru dominated the party from 1951 to 1964.
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi:-
Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 on the grounds of Birla house, New Delhi. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, who had links to the extremist Hindu Group Hindu Mahasabha shot him dead because the was against Gandhi’s sympathy for Pakistan. Godse and his co- conspirator Narayan Apte were tried and executed on 15 November 1949. Gandhi’s memorial on Rajghat, New Delhi bears his last words He Ram!
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