father of the nation.......wut crap is dat......as if he only got us independence.....He was a lame leader who couldn't even stand against british.....Real freedom fighters like Subhash chandra bose, bhagat singh, lala lajpat rai were all sidelined coz of his actions....he wanted to hog all the limelight in freedom struggle....Britishers not left coz of him jus chk british history during late 40's and 50's british clout had come down and they were giving independence to almost all countries under their rule.....non ahimsa---bull crap......couldn't even stand for his rights.....those who think highly of him are mentally weak to idolize real heroes like Bhagat singh and BOse.....Long live these Real Freedom Fighters.....