MAHATMA GANDHI ESSAY 1 (100 WORDS)

Mahatma Gandhi is very famous in India as “Bapu” or “Rastrapita”. The full name of him is Mohandas
Karamchand Gandhi. He was a great freedom fighter who led India as a leader of the nationalism against
British rule. He was born on 2nd of October in 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. He died on 30th of
January in 1948. M.K. Gandhi was assassinated by the Hindu activist, Nathuram Godse, who was hanged
later as a punishment by the government of India. He has been given another name by the Rabindranath
Tagore as “Martyr of the Nation” since 1948.
Bapu, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born in 1869 on 2nd of October at Porbander in Gujarat, India.
Mahatma Gandhi was a great Indian who led India with independence movement against British rule. He
completed his schooling in India and went to England for further study of law. He returned to India as a
lawyer and started practicing law. He started helping people of India who were humiliated and insulted by
the British rule.
He started non-violence independence movement to fight against the injustice of Britishers. He got insulted
many times but he continued his non-violent struggle for the Independence of India. After his return to
India he joined Indian National Congress as a member. He was the great leader of the India independence
movement who struggled a lot for the freedom of India. As a member of the Indian National Congress he
started independence movements like Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and later Quit India
Movement which became successful a day and help India in getting freedom.

As a great freedom fighter, he got arrested and sent to jail many times but he continued fighting against
British rule for the justice of Indians. He was a great believer in non-violence and unity of people of all
religions which he followed all through his struggle for independence. After his lots of struggles with
many Indians, finally he became successful in making India an independent country on 15th of August in
1947. Later he was assassinated in 1948 on 30th of January by the Nathuram Godse, a Hindu activist.
Mahatma Gandhi was a great and outstanding personality of the India who is still inspiring the people in
the country as well as abroad through his legacy of greatness, idealness and noble life. Bapu was born in
the Porbandar, Gujarat, India in a Hindu family on 2nd of October in 1869. 2nd of October was the great day
for India when Bapu took birth. He paid his great and unforgettable role for the independence of India
from the British rule. The full name of the Bapu is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He went to England
for his law study just after passing his matriculation examination. Later he returned to India in as a lawyer
in 1890.
After his arrival to India, he started helping Indian people facing various problems from the British rule.
He started a Satyagraha movement against the British rule to help Indians. Other big movements started by
the Bapu for the independence of India are Non-cooperation movement in the year 1920, Civil
Disobedience movement in the year 1930 and Quit India movement in the year 1942. All the movements
had shaken the British rule in India and inspired lots of common Indian citizens to fight for the freedom.