Throughout history, we have read about great warriors who fought with weapons and ammunition to save the glory of their country. But among all, there is one great leader who chose to fight without any weapon and to follow the path of non-violence. He followed the path of Ahimsa for Indian Independence. He was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also well-known by Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on the 2nd of October in Gujarat, Porbandar. His father's name was Karamchand Gandhi and his mother's name was Putli Bai.

Our Father of Nation was adored by his mother as a child and his nickname was Monya. Once he watched a drama "Raja Harishchandra" which happened to be the turning point of his life. He learned the value of truth and honesty from the drama and followed that throughout his life. But did you know once Gandhi ji stole gold from his own house? He was in debt when he decided to steal gold. But amidst that, he felt so guilty that he wrote a confession letter and gave it to his father. After reading the letter, Gandhiji's father neither shouted nor beat him up but just tore the letter apart.

Gandhiji got married to Kasturba Bai and went to England for further studies. He started living in South Africa once he became a Barrister. In South Africa when he was traveling in a first-class coach which was filled with British officials, he was forced to get down of the train because of his nationality and skin color. That's when he decided to fight for all the Indians who lived in South-Africa and launched the Satyagraha movement. He lived there for 21 years. In fact, the station where he was forced to get down, now has his statue.

When he came back to India, he built an ashram near the Sabarmati river, named Satyagraha Ashram. Not only did he fight for Indian independence but as a true Indian, he also spoke against many other social evils like untouchability, poverty, illiteracy, etc. Some of Gandhi's famous movements are the Civil Disobedience Movement, Hind Swaraj, Dandi March, Swadeshi Movement, Satyagraha, etc. He always showed the path of truth and goodwill to his countrymen.

And how can we forget the three famous monkeys of Gandhiji? These three monkeys depict life lessons to us. The first says " See no evil!", the second says, "Say no evil!", and the third says, "Listen no evil!" These ideologies were always followed by Baapu. He was admired because of his strong principles and anyone following his path of non-violence and honesty will be admired too.

Undoubtedly, Mahatma Gandhi is the greatest and famous Indian personality and for his contributions to the Indian independence struggle, he earned the title of "Father of the nation".

Stay tuned to listen to more episodes of our podcast, "Famous Indian Personalities" where we will keep bringing such well-known and not-so-well-known Indian personalities that all kids should know about.

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