2nd October is the Birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on in 1869, 143 years back. Called with great respect by the people as Mahatma Gandhi, he was an extra-ordinary leader of the Indians who treated him as their saviour. He gave a new dimension to the Independence struggle and organised crores of people on non-violence principle.

He could not see what happened to the Independent India since he was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic on 30th January 1948 within six months of India’s independence. But he had a taste of the same in the tragedy of partition and the huge migration. He was sad at the turn of events.

Everybody may not agree with all the methods adopted by Gandhiji in the Independence struggle. But he was the great leader who took the entire country with him in the freedom struggle.