Commemorative Coins Journey of history, that never ends

^{Mahatma Gandhi}

^INTRODUCTION

The life of Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi is a story of heroic effort to estiblish the values at Truth and Non-violence in human life. In pursuing this objective, Gandhiji became a Mahatma from a mere 'Monya'. He became a messanger for the people of the world surrounded by fire of violence in the twentieth century. Healso became 'The Father of The Nation'. He saved India and Britain from mutual hate and revenge by resorting to the experiment of Truth and Non-violence in India's struggle for freedom. This created an atmosphere which made it possible for other countries os Asia and Africa to free themselves without bloodshed from the hold of the European countries which had sudued them in the nineteeth century.
 
  In South Africa it was the Railways Ticket Collector who paved the way for the birth of a Satyagrahi and in India it was a poor peasant from Champaran, Rajkumar Shukla, who provided him a platform to test the power of Satyagraha on the Indian soil. His campaign in favour of the non-co-oeration movement brought about another change which identified his outward appearance with that of the humblest and lowliest of the land and he stuck to the loin cloth till he departed with the name of God on his lips.

   Mahatma Gandhi's contribution to human development is far too great and varied to have been forgotten or to be overlooked. The world today recognizes hint as a far more compelling social innovator than humanity ever realized.

^{This list was prepared by Dr. Jinadatha}