Mahatma Gandhi the father of nation

Mahatma Gandhi the angel of Ahinsa

I wouldn't be difficult for anyone to identify the great yet humble personality of Mahatma Gandhi. The man who faced one of the world's biggest super powers, the British raj with daunting courage and perseverance through his principle of non violence was indeed a force to reckon with.
 The full name of Mahatma Gandhi is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar small town on the Western coast of India which was then one of the many tiny states in kathiyawar.
He was born in a middle class family of Vaishya caste. His grandfather had reason to become the prime minister of Porbandar and was success by his son Karamchand who was the father of Mohandas. Putlibai Mohandas's mother  was a central character gentle and devote at left a deep impression on her son's mind. She was Karamchand's fourth wife, the first three having died in childbirth. Mohandas went to an elementary school in Porbandar where he found it difficult to master the multiplication tables. he had two brothers and a sister and was youngest of all. 
He was 7 when his family moved to Rajkot. There he  attended a primary school and  later join a high school.
Gandhi went to Bombay to take the ship  for England. In Bombay the people of his caste who looked upon crossing the ocean as contamination threatened  to   excommunicate him if he persisted in going abroad. But Gandhi was adamant and was thus, formally excommunicated by his caste. Having passed his examination Gandhi was called to the bar on 10th June 1891 

And  sailed for India two days later. When he reached Bombay he learnt  to profound sorrow that his mother had died. The news had been deliberately kept back from him to spare him from the shock in a distant land.
And offer from Dada Abdullah and    Co. to proceed to South Africa on the their behalf to instruct their counsel in a  lawsuit, was a God sent opportunity to young Gandhi, Gandhi jump at it and sailed for South Africa in April 1893. It was in South Africa that this  timid youth of 24 inexperienced unaided alone came into clash with forces that obliged  him to tape his hidden moral resources and turn misfortunes into creative spiritual experiences. After about a week's stay in Durban Gandhi left for Pretoria the capital of the the  Transvaal where his presence was needed in connection with  lawsuit.



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