Gandhi Jayanti: 10 unknown facts related to Mahatma Gandhi's life

Gandhi Jayanti: 10 unknown facts related to Mahatma Gandhi's life

Every year on the 2nd of October, the nation celebrates Gandhi Jayanti to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also referred to as Mahatma ("Great Soul") Gandhi.

 

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as Mahatma Gandhi, is often referred to as "The Father of the Nation," "Bapu," or "Rashtrpita." Ahimsa (nonviolence) and Satya were the guiding principles of Mahatma Gandhi (truth). In addition to helping in India's freedom struggle, he inspired people all around the world to speak out against caste, color, and religious discrimination. He was a straightforward individual with many ideas, and he frequently encouraged others to "be the change you wish to see in the world."

 

Here are some lesser-known facts about the well-known person who significantly influenced the fight for India's independence and his way of life.

 

  1. Everyone is aware that Mahatma Gandhi is referred to as the Father of the Nation, yet very few people are aware of his true origins. Subhash Chandra Bose referred to Mahatma Gandhi as the "Father of the Nation" for the first time. During a broadcast from Singapore Radio on June 4, 1944, Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the "Father of the Nation.".

  2. International Day of Nonviolence is observed on October 2nd, the day of his birth.

  3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was not born with the title Mahatma. Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore gave Gandhi the title of Mahatma.

  4. In school, Gandhiji was a good student in English, while his performance was average in Mathematics and weak in Geography. His handwriting was wonderful.

  5. Are you aware of the number of times Mahatma Gandhi was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize? Do you know how many times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? Gandhi ji was nominated 5 times for the Nobel prize. in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and, finally, a few days before he was murdered in January 1948.

  6. He used to tie his artificial teeth to his dhoti. They were only applied when eating.

  7. 21 years after his passing, Great Britain, the nation he fought for India's Independence, issued a stamp in his honor.

  8. For his comrades in the Satyagraha movement, Gandhi Ji established a tiny colony called Tolstoy Farm on an 1100-acre plot 21 miles outside of Johannesburg, South Africa.

  9. The funeral procession for Mahatma Gandhi reportedly covered eight kilometers. More than 15 lakh people were standing in the way of his funeral procession, which had about a million people going along with it.

  10. Do you know that Mahatma Gandhi did not attend the celebration of India's independence on August 15, 1947? Then, thousands of miles away from Delhi in Noakhali, Bengal, he was fasting to put an end to the interfaith conflict.

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