Alisha khan behnein biography of mahatma gandhi

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He suggested the formation of an association to look after the Indian settlers and offered his free time and services.   During his stay in South Africa, Gandhiji's life underwent a change and he developed most of his political ideas. His father died in 1885.

Gandhi had sailed to South Africa as a young inexperienced barrister in search of fortune. With this incident evolved the concept of Satyagraha. He asked the Indians to boycott foreign cloth and promote hand spun khadi thus creating work for the villagers. He decided to fight for the rights of Indians. The talks however were unsuccessful.

Gandhiji completed his Law degree in 1891 and returned to India. Upon returning to India in mid-1891, he set up a law practice in Bombay, but met with little success. It was hoped that his (Mohandas’s) going to England and qualifying as a barrister would help his family to lead more comfortable life.

He sailed to England on September 4, 1888 at the age of 18, and was enrolled in The Inner Temple.

His father, Karamchand Gandhi, was a Dewan or Prime Minister of Porbandar.   His mother, Putlibai, was a very religious lady and left a deep impression on Gandhiji's mind. When a European magistrate in Durban asked him to take off his turban, he refused and left the courtroom.

Gandhiji was born in middle class family of Vaishya caste.

Gandhiji and his volunteers instructed the peasants in elementary hygiene and ran schools for their children.

In Ahmedabad, there was a dispute between mill workers and mill owners. In London, he also joined a Vegetarian Society and was introduced to Bhagavad Gita by some of his vegetarian friends. This non-cooperation movement was the first nationwide movement on national scale.

When the train reached Pietermaritzburg, the capital of Natal, at about 9 p.m. Gandhi organized a march from New Castle to Transvaal without permit and courting arrest. Unfortunately, political developments had moved favouring the partition of the country resulting in communal riots on a frightful scale. The title Mahatma came to be associated with his name much later.

After an year of wandering, Gandhiji settled down on the bank of the river Sabarmati, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, where he founded an ashram called Satyagraha Ashram.