Martyrdom Day or Shaheed Diwas 2023: Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation was assassinated on January 30 at Gandhi Smriti in Birla House. Therefore, this day is considered as Martyrdom Day or Shaheed Diwas Day, and in India it is mainly celebrated on two days. First on January 30 and also on March 23. The day is celebrated to pay homage to the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the Fatherland.
On this day, we lost our apostle of peace and non-violence, Bapu.
Today, on Martyrs’ Day, as we commemorate the anniversary of his death, we honor all the brave men and women who, along with Mahatma Gandhi, fought and sacrificed their lives for India’s freedom.#Mahatmagandhi pic.twitter.com/DujcodNtlT
— Gumla Polytechnic (@GumlaPolytechn2)
January 30, 2023
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) is also known as “Bapu” or “Rashtrpita” and “Father of the Nation”. Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals were Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satya (truth). He not only contributed to India’s freedom struggle but also inspired people around the world and spoke out against discrimination of caste, color, and religion. He was a simple man with broad ideas and he always gave a message to others that “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
He was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. He pursued law for a year at Bombay University and then entered University College London and graduated in 1891. He then started working in the British Bar Council. And also went to South Africa, where he experienced apartheid.
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20 interesting facts about Mahatma Gandhi, the popular leader
1. Mahatma Gandhi’s mother tongue is Gujarati.
2. He studied at Alfred High School, Rajkot.
3. His birthday (October 2) is celebrated worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence.
4. He is the youngest child of his parents. He has 2 brothers and 1 sister.
5. Gandhi’s father was Hindu and belonged to the Modh Baniya caste.
6. Mahadev Desai was Gandhi’s personal secretary.
7. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in the garden of the former Birla House.
8. Gandhi Ji and famous author Leo Tolstoy interacted through letters.
9. Gandhi Ji established a small colony, Tolstoy Farm at a site of 1100 acres, 21 miles from Johannesburg, South Africa for his colleagues in the Satyagraha struggle.
10. In 1930, he led the Dandi Salt March, and in 1942, he launched the Quit India Movement during the freedom struggle.
11. He not only fought for Independence but also demanded fair treatment of the untouchables and lower castes and also carried out many hunger strikes to support them. He also called untouchables Harijans which means “children of God”.
12. 1982’s Gandhi was an epic historical drama film based on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi that won the Academic Award for best motion picture.
13. In 1930, he was Time Magazine’s Man of the Year. He was a great writer and the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi has 50,000 pages.
14. Do you know how many times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? Gandhi ji was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and finally a few days before he was murdered in January 1948.
15. Britain, the country for which he fought for Indian independence, issued a stamp in his honor, 21 years after his death.
16. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born without the title of Mahatma. According to some authors, he was given this title by the Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
17. When Jawaharlal Nehru was delivering his fateful challenge speech to celebrate independence day, Gandhi ji was not present at that time.
18. It is said that Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral procession was 8 km long.
19. The Reserve Bank of India has been issuing Gandhi series banknotes featuring the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi since its introduction in 1996. The 1996 series were 10 and 500 rupee notes .
20. In 1959, the Gandhi Memorial Museum was established. It is located in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. It is also known as the Gandhi Museum. It includes a set of bloodstained clothes worn by Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
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