Gandhi Jayanti 2019 Wishes: Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday all images
Gandhi Jayanti 2019 Wishes: Here Are Some Messages Gandhi Jayanti 2019 Wishes: images It is that time of the year again when we remember the Father of our Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, as he is popularly known. Every year, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary is celebrated in India on October 2 as Gandhi Jayanti to commemorate his ideals of peace and non-violence. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly voted to commemorate October 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence . Mahatma Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat and he trained in law at the Inner Temple, London. The first time he employed nonviolent civil disobedience, was as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa during the resident Indian community’s struggle for civil rights. When he returned to India, he led the country in its freedom struggle against the British, without employing violence. Mahatma Gandhi, who has inspired m...