Mahatma Gandhi
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(30th January -The death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi)
The observance of 'Martyrs Day' in India
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                                                                  India got freedom because of the  sacrifices of Martyrs  who sacrificed their lives. They were many Martyrs unknown and known like Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad and others. However the Mahatma Gandhi was also one of them who led India to freedom and sacrificed his life for India and its people.
                                                              There was something in Mahatma Gandhi which attracted different types of people with different views  towards him in the freedom struggle. He worked with left leaning Nehru as well as with Iron Man Sardar Patel with strong convictions. He also commanded respect from  Subhash Bose who believed in exactly opposite ideology.  He even converted Pathan Leader Abdul Gaffer Khan in to his nonviolent philosophy.    In short he was more or less catalyst and  binding force in the fight for independence.He was not only politician but also reformer, philosopher, Guide and Saint. He believed that you can exist in politics with moral values as he had deep faith in' God'. He said "It is better to pray 'God'with heart without words than words without Heart".
                                                               He was a living a life which which he use to preached. He was for removing the Untouchablity. Therefore he started  cleaning the toilets which untouchables were doing centuries to gather. He wanted to give message that no work is inferior and that too  people who are doing it. He also adopted one untouchable girl Laxmi as a daughter. His wife Kasturba was very conservative woman but he persuaded her to clean the toilet  because he wanted to start the campaign from his own house. He was respected very much as he never preached but asked people to follow him which he was doing himself. Therefore he was very appealing. He said" You must be change if you wish to see in the world."
                                                            He was very humble to accept his mistakes. He withdrew many agitations when it was found that something has gone wrong. Gandhiji also use to walk by putting two hands on the shoulders two young girls. One of his followers pointed out that it was giving wrong signals to his people. He replied that he does not care as his conscious is clear. However after some time on the basis of his observations he wrote in 'Harijan' that his associate was right in that matter. You requires big heart to accept the truth. This was not new in his life as he had also accepted his several indiscretions in his biography i.e. in 'Satyana Prayogo'. He always show the qualities of person not his weaknesses as he observed that" As I am not being faultless"
                                                           His life was totally sacrificed for the people of India in the process he sacrificed his own family. In the words of his own son Hiralal ' He became Mahatma at the cost of his mother'. It is also true that we got our freedom, our right and self respect but where is Gandhi family? However it is also  fact that he is the father of nation i.e. India and its people
                                                           We can pay our best tributes to those all 'Martyrs' by adopting the spirit of their selfless  sacrifice, and patriotism for the  Country. It will only further strengthen  the hard earned freedom.
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