Gandhiji was intensely popular with children

Gandhiji was intensely popular with children. They flocked to him and made friends with him most readily. In England also boys sang “he is a jolly good fellow” whenever they saw Uncle Gandhi.In the year 1926 at the age of 57 Gandhiji swam a distance of 150 yards in Sabarmati simply to pleass a few young boys who wanted him to do so.