Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi : Indian leader who fought against the British rule. He believed in nonviolence and led India to achieve independence. He is called the `Father of Indian Nation’. Gandhiji founded the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad. Gandhiji made his first experiment of Satyagraha in Champaran. In 1919 Gandhiji led an agitation against the Rowlatt Act and made Satyagraha his instrument of struggle. Gandhiji gave to the country the slogan, “Do or Die”. On January 30, 1948 he was assassinated at the prayer meeting. Jawaharlal Nehru declared “The light has gone out of our lives”. The world dignitaries visit his Samadhi at Rajghat whenever they visit India.