Seeing the achievements of Mahatma Gandhi and the increasing influence in the world, the great scientist Albert Einstein had said that in future hardly people can believe that such a person of flesh and blood was born on this earth.
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Seeing the achievements of Mahatma Gandhi and the increasing influence in the world, the great scientist Albert Einstein had said that in future hardly people can believe that such a person of flesh and blood was born on this earth. in India Mahatma Gandhi had strengthened the British rule to leave the country through satyagraha and non-violence, but their land of use was South Africa. From here he blew the trumpet of revolution, he became famous all over the world and emerged as an influential Indian.
This is from the period of 1891 when he was only Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He had returned from London with a barrister’s degree. In 1893, in the month of May, he reached Durban, South Africa. It was from here that the change started which played an important role in making him a great personality.
1- The foundation of popularity lay like this
In South Africa, he was made his lawyer by expatriate Gujarati businessman Abdullah Seth. In this connection, Gandhiji was going from Durban to Pretoria. He had a ticket for the first class of the train, but the whites could not tolerate it. The whites asked him to go to the lower class compartment, but he did not agree, then he was first beaten and then the whites threw him out of the train at Maritsburg station. For the first time that night of bitter cold, the insult of the diaspora left a deep impact on Gandhiji’s mind and heart. He believed that this insult is not his, but an insult to every Indian. That’s why he called a meeting of Indians in Pretoria, in which there were people of different religions and classes. He told people to forget caste and religion and organize Indians. After this meeting, Mahatma Gandhi became popular among the migrants.
2- When Bapu formed the first political organization
He was preparing to return after the completion of his contract to stay in South Africa. Indians were harassed for not getting a new contract for five years. The expatriate Indians were troubled by the terror of the whites. In such a situation, he gave up the matter of returning to India. At that time there was talk of snatching voting rights from Indians in the Legislative Assembly of Natal province. The overseas Indians urged Gandhi to oppose it and lead the movement. He agreed and Gandhiji formed the first political organization. The name was- Natal Indian Congress. This organization became the voice of the diaspora. During this, the Boer War took place in 1899 between the British and the Hollandians living there. To help the wounded in the war, Gandhiji formed a first aid team of 1100 people. The British also praised his work.
3-When the newspaper became the voice of protest
In 1903, he started a weekly newspaper called Opinion to become the voice of the diaspora. It quickly became popular. To reach as many people as possible, it was taken out in 4 languages. The effect of the ever-increasing movements in South Africa was visible in India as well. Its echo was reaching India. Due to the revolution in South Africa, he came to be called Mahatma Gandhi instead of Gandhi. His name was becoming popular in the world, during which he decided to return to India. Came here and the movement of movements intensified.
4- Beginning of movements one after the other
After returning to India, Gandhiji started many movements. In 1917, started the country’s first civil disobedience movement from Champaran district of Bihar. When a village in Gujarat came under flood, the farmers requested the British government to waive the tax, but they did not agree. Gandhiji started the Kheda movement to raise the voice of the farmers. As a result, the government relaxed the conditions for payment of revenue tax in 1918. When the demand for independence arose in the country, the British brought the Rowlatt Act in 1919. In this law, there was a provision to control the press, arrest anyone without a warrant. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, there was opposition to this law in the whole country. Mahatma Gandhi believed that it was impossible to get justice from the British, so he started the 1920 non-cooperation movement.
5- Quit India Movement
Mahatma Mandhi’s Quit India Movement started in 1942, which forced the British to leave the country. Along with this, they also gave the slogan of do or die. The trumpet that this movement blew for the independence of the country created history. Bharata was freed from the chains of slavery. Gandhiji became popular all over the world and became an influential figure.
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