A Great Leader Of INDIA, or MAHATMA GANDHI, or Your Ideal Man Of HISTORY, or A National Leader.
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them." Mahatma Gandhi achieved¹ greatness through truth and non-violence ². In the beginning we see him as an average student and then an average advocate. But later on he rose to be the greatest leader of India. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Kathiawar. His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He completed his early education at a school of his village. He was an ordinary student. He was married to Kasturba at the age 13. He passed High School Examination in 1887 and went to England to study law. In 1891 he returned to India and started practice in Mumbai. But he was not very successful in his profession. In 1893 he had to go to South Africa in a law suit³ of some Muslim traders. But he was very much grieved⁴ to see the miserable⁵ condition of Indians living there. They were called coolies by the English people and were insulted everywhere. So he decided to impr...