We all know Mahatma Gandhi as the man who led our country to freedom. But we know little about some smaller and more astonishing facts about his life. The following are 16 facts about Mahatma Gandhi that are mostly unknown:
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20 interesting facts about Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the masses.
1. Mahatma Gandhi's mother tongue was Gujarati.
2. He did his schooling from Alfred High School, Rajkot.
3. His birthday (2nd October) is commemorated worldwide as International Day of Nonviolence.
4. He was the youngest child of his parents. He had 2 brothers and 1 sister.
5. Gandhiโs father was Hindu by religion and Modh Baniya by caste.
6. Mahadev Desai was Gandhiโs 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 with each other through letters.
9. Gandhi ji set up a small colony, Tolstoy Farm at an 1100 acre site, 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 for the untouchables, lower caste, and also done several fasts in support of them. He also called untouchables as Harijans meaning "children of God".
12. Gandhi in 1982 is an epic historical drama film based on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi won the Academic Award for the best motion picture.
13. In 1930, he was the Time Magazine Man of the Year. He was a great writer and the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi have 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. The country against whom he fought for India's Independence, Great Britain, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death.
16. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was not born with the title Mahatma. He was given the title to him by the Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, according to some authors.
17. When Jawaharlal Nehru was giving the tryst of destiny speech to celebrate independence, Gandhi ji was not present at that time.
18. It is said that Mahatma Gandhi's funeral procession was 8 kilometers long.
19. Reserve Bank of India issued The Gandhi series banknotes by displaying a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi since its introduction in 1996. The series issued in 1996 is of 10 and 500 rupee banknotes.
20. In 1959, 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 consists of a blood-stained garment which was worn by Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated by the Nathuram Godse.
1. Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize 5 times
The committee regrets not giving him the Nobel Peace prize to this day as the award is never given posthumously.
2. M. K. Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 4 continents and 12 countries
3. The funeral procession of Mahatma Gandhi was 8 kilometers long
4. Great Britain, the country against whom he fought for independence, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death
5. Mahatma Gandhi walked/traveled almost 18 kilometers a day throughout his lifetime which is enough to walk around the world twice over
6. Gandhiji served in the army during the Boer war โ he crusaded against violence since the time he realized the horrors of war
7. Mahatma Gandhi corresponded with a lot of people โ Tolstoy, Einstein and Hitler were among the many
8. Gandhiji was not present during Nehruโs tryst of destiny speech to celebrate independence
9. Most relics of Gandhiji including the clothes he wore when he was shot are still preserved in Gandhi Museum, Madurai
11. He was thinking of dissolving the Congress a day before he died
12. Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi โ his round glasses are not only similar but also a tribute
13. Gandhiji had a set of false teeth, which he carried in a fold of his loin cloth
14. Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent, for one of his first teachers was an Irishman
15. There are 53 major roads (excluding the smaller ones) in India, and 48 roads outside India that are named after him
16. Gandhiji helped establish 3 football clubs in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg all of which were given the same name: Passive Resisters Soccer Club
Mahatma Gandhi promoted football in his non-violent campaign against racial discrimination.
โLive as if you were to die tomorrow.โ Throughout his life Mahatma Gandhi did things that were inspirational, things that nobody thought he could do and made sure that he lived up to this line said by him.
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