Goodmorning everyone.
Today we gathered here to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti. It is celebrated on the 2nd. October every year. India, on 2nd. October, celebrates a national holiday in remembrance and honour of the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as Gandhi Jayanti. He was known to us as Mahatma Gandhi and he was given the title of " father of the Nation" by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose for his relentless struggles for our independence.
As we know that the Nobel Laureate, Rabindra nath Tagore gave him the title of ' Mahatma ' which means ' the one with the greatest soul'
Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd. October 1869 in Porbandar, Gujrat, in British India in a marchant-class family. He completed his initial studies in British ruled India and later he went to pursue Law. After completing his education, he tried to practice law in India. At 24 he left India with his wife Kasturba Gandhi to practice law in South Africa.In South Africa, he encountered inequality for the first time due to his race and colour. He was thrown out of the train because he didn’t resemble his white co-passengers. He worked in South Africa to improve the lives of Indians for a few years.When he returned to India to practice law, he was appalled to see the injustices around him, which triggered a deep sense of doing justice in him. Soon he joined the Indian National Congress and started working for India’s independence with Champaran Satyagraha in 1917.
Gandhiji’s two main principles were peace and non-violence (Ahimsa). He had always been a follower of truth, honesty, and non-violence. As he gave the world a strong weapon of ‘non-violence’ for fighting, the UN General Assembly declared this day as the ‘International Day of Non-Violence’ to honour his principles.
With his weapon of non-violence, he showed the world a new light toward change. He always fought for what was right and participated in many non-violent civil rights movements, and led many campaigns like Dandi March to protest against British rule.In 1930, he led the Dandi March, also called Salt March, to protest against the illegally imposed salt tax as this basic amenity was already freely available to the Indians due to our coastal location. Thousands of people followed Gandhi. He also led the famous Quit India Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and Non-co-operation Movement to attain India’s independence from the ruling Britishers. Due to these protests, Mahatma Gandhi, along with his followers and many other freedom fighters, served their time in prison.He invented a new way to protest referred to as peaceful Civil Disobedience (Satyagraha). His non-violent protests impacted the people of the world in many ways. He struggled for India’s freedom and helped us gain freedom from the British subjugation that lasted over 200 years.
Gandhiji also asked to remove the social evils prevalent in the Indian society at that time. It includes evils like sati, child marriage, untouchability and casteism.
Thank you
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