Mahatma Gandhis Contribution to India

The tale of Indias freedom movement is incomplete without remembering the immense contribution of Mahatma Gandhi. Born on October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi was unarguably the greatest man in the history of India. He came from a well cultured and religious middle class Hindu family of Porbandar, Gujarat. Gandhi Ji completed his primary education in Bhavnagar city and moved to London in the year 1888, for pursuing higher study in law. In 1891, he left London and returned back to India for law practice in Bombay. But, his shy nature failed all his attempts of becoming a legal professional. Later in the year 1895, Gandhi Ji went to South Africa as a legal representative under one year contract of Dada Abdulla & Company.

This step changed Gandhi Jis life in almost every aspect. While working in South Africa, he faced racial discrimination and other inhumane law that British government had imposed on Indians. All this shaped Gandhi Jis social activism and skills of political leadership.In 1894, Gandhi Ji founded Natal Indian Congress with the support of Indian people to fight for their legal rights. The Transvaal government launched a new act in the year 1906 for forcing registration of Indian people. Against the newly launched act of the government, Indian people gathered in Johannesburg on September 11 under the leadership of Gandhi Ji. In the meeting, he urged the people for peaceful protest and thousands of supporters accepted his principles of Satyagraha and Ahinsa, with full respect. Though the movement was a failure, Gandhi Ji emerged as a political leader of Indian community in South Africa. It was the beginning of the change that Gandhiji was about to bring. In 1915, Gandhi Ji returned back to India the reputation of a leading Indian nationalist, theorist and organizer. He joined Indian National Congress.