Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a well known national leader and Father of the Nation was not only loved by the people in his times but even today he is much praised in India as well as in many other countries. A simple dhoti clad man could lead the nation to Independence because the masses simply adored him and followed his word. The world saw the mighty British with all their artillery standing helplessly before Gandhi many a times. That was the power of Gandhi because of which British officers and Indian leaders thronged his ashram for discussions. Even in that grim scenario, Gandhi had the vision of a nation that had to be built up again. He could envision that independence alone from the British dominance was not the solution for the Indian people. Besides slavery, Indian social scene was marred by many social ills like low position of women, low level of education, lack of women participation in social life, caste system that was eating into the very roots of the nation, commercialization of agriculture, growing industrialization which had resulted in low living quality of the slums, poverty, etc. So, Gandhi took up social reforms along with the problem of slavery and intertwined both these aspects in his programmes. In this way Gandhi tried to find an answer to many a problems simultaneously. While on one hand he had plans like Satyagraha to combat the deceitful laws of the British, on the other hand he introduced constructive programmes like Khadi, Swadeshi, Untouchability eradication, etc. And this is what had made Gandhi the most loved and respected national leader of the times then and even now.