Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.
God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?
A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.
Urbanization in India is a slow but sure death for her villages and villagers.
Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive.
I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.
All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.
Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.
My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise.
My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.
It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.
My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.
If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.