“Mahatma Gandhi” (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), “Bapu – father of the nation” is a personality that is known to everyone. He is known for a long list of his great deeds that are responsible today for our freedom. He was born on October 2’ 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. He was a great Indian lawyer, politician social activist and a well-known writer. He was very simple man who always gave the message to “be the change you wish to see in the world”. The world will be celebrating tomorrow his 150th birth anniversary and there are still several facts that are unknown to the world.
Let’s look at facts about “Mahatma Gandhi”
Great Britain releases a stamp in his honour after 21 years of his death. Great Britain is the one against whom he fought for the independence.
Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler mentioning him as a “dear friend” to which he never received a reply from him.
The clothes of Gandhiji with blood stains that he was wearing on the day he got assassinated by Nathuram Godse are still kept in “Gandhi Memorial Museum” in Madurai of Tamil Nadu as a national heritage.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was 5 times nominated for the Nobel Prize but he never got awarded for it.
The procession of Gandhi funeral after assassination was around 8 kms long as thousands of people from all over the nation were gathered.
Over 48 roads are named after Mahatma Gandhi at places outside India. 53 major roads are also named after him in India.
The notes with Gandhi series were issued by the Reserve bank in 1996. The series issued is of Rs 10 to 500 banknotes. The image printed on banknote is actual photograph of Mahatma Gandhi.
M.K. Gandhi interacted with Leo Tolstoy by writing letters.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in front of the place formerly known as Birla House.
Mahatma Gandhi travelled 18 km everyday with his followers which is if calculated equal to walk around the world twice.
Gandhiji also served the army in the times of Boer War.
Gandhi was considering his decision of dissolving Congress party a day before his death.
Mahatma Gandhi is the only Indian till date to achieve the Time Magazine’s Man of the year for his famous movement Dandi March in 1930.
Gandhiji hates to take photos but he was the most clicked person of his era to be in most of the photos.
He speaks English with the Irish accent as his first English teacher was an Irishman, a resident of Ireland.
