The era we are living in will be known as ‘the Gandhian Era’ for at least a thousand years. All his life Gandhiji followed the tradition of humanitarianism propounded by the Saints and Paigambers. The inspiration, the conviction and the teachings offered by him to the humanity will require at least a thousand years of prowess to imbibe it into our lives and spread it in the world.
In the beginning of 1915 Gandhiji returned
from South Africa to be settled in India for good. In 1920, he assumed the
reins of the freedom struggle and initiated a powerful movement in the
country. Then after ten years, he accepted the goal of absolute freedom in
Lahore Congress and started the Salt Satyagrah movement to achieve it. Then
exactly after twelve years he asked the British government to quit India. It
took five years of struggle to free India. Gandhiji’s amazaing and heroic
service of the nation thus went on for thirty-six long years and finally
paid off. The history of these years has reflected in the lives, the words
and the attitude of many national leaders like Gandhiji. But those, small
and great alike, who had been a part of it for more than three decades, who
had studied the attitude and the inspiration behind it, should take upon
themselves to recollect and write down the reminiscences of those days.
A variety of literature is required to know
Gandhiji in depth. Mahadevbhai’s diaries and weekly letters would be very
important means to portray Gandhiji’s life. All the details of the minor or
big incidents should be brought to people’s notice.