Thousands and lakhs of Indian
participated in the freedom struggle. They were canned, jailed, hanged and even
slaughtered brutally by the forces of British empire. The mass revolt emerged
in 1857 but failed due to lack of strong leadership. From 1857 to 1920 the
struggle to liberate India continued but the same problem of weak leadership or
in fact the absence of leadership never allowed the country to achieve the goal
of emancipation.
It was the vision, perseverance and
the undaunted spirit of Mahatma Gandhi
that bring the whole nation on the same platform. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and
others got bonded under the leadership of the apostle of non-violence. The
country which was divided in the name of religion, caste and race followed the
Mahatma in a unified manner. It was the unbiased character of M.K. Gandhi that
compelled the Muslim to choose him as a leader of Khilfat movement. The four
tenets of his undisputed personality; truth, non-violence, love and human
brotherhood become the mass weapon of India's freedom struggle and eventually India
got Independence after 190 year of slavery.
Criticised to withdraw
non-cooperation movement after the chori-chora incident by various sections of
extremists. The advocate of peace and love remained firm on non-violence till
his death. It was the non-violence which made Gandhi a hero in European media,
an undaunted leader before the British empire, a lovable figure among the
Indian masses and an incorrigible maverick in the eyes of extremists, who were
really short-sighted and short vision people and it was the extremism that
dragged the unified India into a tussle of communal divide and lastly the
unfortunate division of the multi-lingual and multi-religion country.
It is really an indelible blot
in the face of India which can never ever be forgotten by the people of India
who really love this country, who are following the footsteps of Mahatma
Gandhi, who are against all sorts of discriminations, who respect every
religion and who love every human. And, how can one forget the bitter truth that
the man who spent all his life for the nation, the man who always thought about
the nation not for himself and his family and the man who was the spearhead of
India's independence become a victim of his own people and what the British
Empire couldn't do in thirty years disloyal Indians didn't take more than six
months, they assassinated the apostle of peace and once again led the country
into communal disharmony. Freedom is lethal, a jinx for insane and
irresponsible people and if we really love humanity and are loyal towards India
we should follow the steps of Mahatma Gandhi rather than the fanatics and
extremists.
It is absolutely true that Gandhian philosophy not only unites the nation but it is good for countries economy and development too.
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