Information and opinions about Gandhi's death

“The future generations will scarcely believe that such a man in flesh and blood, had tread this earth.” Albert Einstein

Mahatma Gandhi’s real name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in 1869 at Porbandar in the state of Gujarat in INDIA. His father’s name was Karamchand Gandhi and his mother’s name was Putlibai. He was the youngest in the family of one sister and three brothers. His father belonged to the family of grocers but himself was a minister in the court of a local ruler. He was not very educated but his rich experience of practical affairs stood him in good stead in the solution of the most intricate questions. Both the parents were deeply religious and frequently visited temples and took their meals only after daily prayers.

In school, Gandhi was a mediocre student. He did not talk to anybody and was very shy. He was afraid that other children would poke fun at him. During his first year in high school, there occurred an incident which goes a long way in showing us the honesty and truthfulness that Gandhi upheld even as a child. Once an educational inspector had come on an inspection visit. He set the students five words to write. One of the words was “kettle” and Gandhi mis-spelt it. His teacher prompted him to copy it from his neighbor’s slate but he did not and it resulted out that he was the only one who got a spelling wrong. But this incident did not diminish his respect for his teacher because as he himself said that he was “blind to the faults of elders.”

M. K. Gandhi was married in 1882 at the age of thirteen. He passed his matriculation exam in 1887. He then joined a college but soon returned to Porbandar because the studies were too tough for ...

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The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light…and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country, and the world will see it… For that light represented the living truth…”. --ON THE EVENING OF GANDHI’S DEATH, JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, ADDRESSING THE WHOLE OF INDIA ON RADIO---

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