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Gandhi by Jyoti Solapurkar   Mahatma Gandhi  - By Jyoti
Solapurkar (For 5 to 7 Year Old Children)  : 1 :  Children,
there is not a single country in the whole world where the name
of Mahatma Gandhi is not known. Do you know why Gandhiji became
so famous? It was because he dedicated his whole life to the
service of the motherland, and service of humanity.  Today, I am
going to tell you in brief, the story of Mahatma Gandhi, the
father of the Nation, or Bapuji, as he is affectionately called.
In the early days our country was made up of a large number of
small Princely Kingdoms. Porbandar in Gujarat was one such
Princely Kingdom. Gandhiji's father Karamchand Gandhi, popularly
known as Kaba, was a Minister there.  Kaba Gandhi was an honest,
upright man, a strict disciplinarian, and very hot tempered. His
wife Putlibai was a extremely religious person. She would not
have her meal until she had worshipped the sun. Hence sometimes
in the rainy season,