You Indians are strange people, abusing your own Father of Nation
This is off topic on this thread but i thought this needed to be answered.
@Nair saab being the short fuse that he is, would not explain this to you.
Gandhi, father of our nation, doesn't get support from all quarters in our country, which includes me.
He faced criticism even while he was alive, for example when he did not object to the execution of several Indian freedom fighters by the British government despite that being a time when his influence was such that he likely could have saved their lives. While Gandhi supported Nehru through thick and thin, likes of Subhash Chandra bose were ignored.
So was it really Gandhi who forced britishers to quit India?
We do know that freedom movement had begun much before Gandhi was born. He was lucky to have been at the right time at the right place. Add to it the fact that some of his movements were great disasters.
Had it not been for the 2nd world war and its repercussions on Britishers, India would not have got freedom in 1947.
His stubbornness, his messed up personal life earned him our ire... or so i think.
The only thing which earns him my respect is the fact that he was the impetus behind hindu and muslim unity in the subcontinent.
We Indians are a bunch of opinionated people, so we consider it okay to criticize things we dislike, which can be anything from our food to our father of the nation. So dont be surprised.