WHO WAS MAHATMA?

                               

ABOUT MAHATMA.. (OCT 2, 1969- JAN 30,1948)

Mahatma Gandhi was a national icon who led the struggle for India's Independence from British colonial rule, empowered by tens of millions of common Indians. He was a man who did what he said and led an exemplary and a transparent life.

Born on oct 2nd, Porbandar, a small town on Gujarat coastline. He was the son of Karamchand Gandhi and Pulitbai, Karamchand's 4th wife. He was married to Kasthurba at the age of 13 and had four kids. He studied law in U.K and practised in South Africa. But he left his profession and returned to India to join the Indian freedom struggle. Throughout his life he opposed any form of terrorism or violence, instead using only the highest moral standards. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term satyagraha has influenced national and international non violent resistance movements to this day. From the time he took charge of the freedom struggle in 1918 he was lovingly called as "Mahatma" meaning "Great Soul" by millions of Indians. By means of non violent civil disobediance, Gandhi helped bring about India's independence from British rule, inspiring other colonial peoples to work for their own independence and ultimately dismantling the British Empire. Gandhi often stated that his principles were simple; drawn from traditional Hindu beliefs: truth (satya) and non violence (ahimsa).

FAMOUS QUOTES BY MAHATMA GANDHI:

• " Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love "
• " Ahimsa means not to injure any creature by thought, word or deed, not even to the supposed advantage of this creature "
• " I claim no perfection for myself. But I do claim to be a passionate seeker after Truth, which is but another name for God "
• " I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could "
• " Poverty is but the worst form of violence "
• " Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever "
• " Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony "
• " Nobody can hurt me without my permission "
• " You must be the change you wish to see in the world "