PROFILE OF MAHATMA GANDHI

MAHATMA GANDHI,FONDLY KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF OUR NATION,WAS BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1869.HIS MOTHER WAS A PIOUS LADY AND HIS FATHER WAS THE DIWAN OF THE STATE.HE DID HIS SCHOOLING IN INDIA.HE STUDIED LAW IN ENGLAND FOR HIS HIGHER EDUCATION.LATER HE WENT TO PRACTISE LAW TO SOUTH AFRICA.THEN,HE ALSO FOUGHT AGAINST THE DISCRIMINATION OF BLACKS.HE WAS A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER AND LED THE FREEDO MOVEENT IN INDIA.HE WS SENT TO JAIL MANY TIMES.HE BELIEVED IN TRUTH AND NON-VIOLENCE.HE STRUGGLED FOR THE UPLIFTMENT OF THE HARIJANS.HE ALSO WANTED MUSLIMS AND HINDUS TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE AND HARMONY.THIS GREAT LEADER WAS SHOT DEAD ON 30 JANUARY 1948.EVEN TODAY HE LIVES IN THE HEART OF MANY PEOPLE IN INDIA. COMMENT-WORK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED SENTENCES.THEY SOUND ODD.