Nelson Mandela
                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                               The great South African leader Nelson Mandela was born on 18th July 1918 and died very recently on 5th December 2013.  His Memorial service was attended by 100 leaders of the various Countries in Johannesburg, South Africa. The president of America Barrack Obama along with Former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. It shows the respect he carried through out world. He was awarded several awards from the world including 'Noble Prize' and ' Bharat Ratna' from India.
                                                      He struggled through out his life against racial discrimination policy of South African government for which he was imprisoned for about 27 years. However his agitation brought the concluding result and the racist South African government was demolished. Hence he became messiah of black people who were suppressed for years to gather. However he never kept any bitterness against white people.
             

                                 
 He became the president of South Africa in 1994. His biography 'Long Walk to Freedom' is very interesting book with his experiences during the struggle. He was also inspired by Non Violence Independence struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi. He rightly said  to India that' You sent us Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi and we returned you Mahatma Gandhi. This shows that he was caring the great respect for Mahatma Gandhi.                      
         

                                           

He was totally fearless leader he said'The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,but he who conquers that fear'  He was against racist policy and racialism. He declared that ' I detest racialism because I regard it is a Barbaric thing, whether it comes from black man or white man.' This also shows that he was against all type of suppression and discrimination. His death is the great loss to the downtrodden and suppressed people.
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