How Mohan Das became Mahatma Gandhi: The Beginning

 

It was 1891. After successfully studying law in London, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to India. After returning to India, he tried to enter the legal profession. Despite many attempts, there was not much success. At that time, in British South Africa, Abdullah Haji Adam Jafari was a very famous businessman. He was known as Baba Abdullah and his company was known as "Baba Abdullah & Co". But he was not at peace because of business disputes. Once the dispute reached the court. Baba Abdullah faced difficulties to contest his case in Court. He was a resident of Gujarat. But he was not very proficient in English. As a result, He had to struggle to explain his case before the British Judge. So, he was looking for a lawyer who could explain business disputes in his own language and who would answer questions in court about those disputes in English, and then he found Mohandas. Mohandas was Gujarati. He studied law from London. So he thought Mohandas was the right person to fight his case. Mohandas was appointed as his firm's lawyer for a reasonable fee.

Mohandas had a bitter experience when he went to South Africa. The abominable apartheid society pained his mind. Indians in British South Africa were brutally tortured. They were insulted at every step They were thrown off the train. Indians were insulted as coolies by the white-skinned, black-minded British army. Mohandas himself was not spared from this insult. He was also thrown from the train. He was beaten for protesting. But Mohan Das did not yield. He remained in South Africa after his term of office as a lawyer ended. He founded "Natal India Congress" in 1894 in demand of respect to Indians. He did not hesitate to take up weapon for this protest - the weapon of non-violence. The most powerful weapon in the world. John Ruskin's book "Unto This Last" inspired him so much that he made Satyagraha the inspiration of his fight. A new sun rose all over the world. Many leaders in the world were inspired by his ideals. He became Mahatma from Mohandas. Like a father, he guided the unfortunate, oppressed countrymen. Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi became Param Poojnia Bapu.

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