Gandhi Jayanti is a national festival celebrated in India to
mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the "Father
of the Nation". It is one of the three national holidays of the
country. The United Nations General Assembly announced on 15
June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 October will be
celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence. He is known for his
non-violent civil disobedience in India and South Africa. These included the
start of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 and the Salt Satyagraha or
Salt (Dandi) March starting on March 12, 1930. Through Gandhi's efforts, India
finally gained its freedom on August 15, 1947.
We celebrate this day with great enthusiasm every year to
pay tribute to the Father of the Nation as well as remember his courageous
deeds on the way of independence struggle for the country from British rule.
2nd of October is also celebrated internationally as the International
Day of Non-Violence. We will always remember Bapu as a symbol of peace
and truth. He was born on 2nd of October in 1869 in a small town
(Porbunder, Gujarat) however performed great deeds all through his life. He was
a lawyer and he took his law degree from U.K and practiced in South Africa. He
had described his life history full of struggle in his autobiography named “My
experiments with Truth”. He fought continuously with lots of patience and dare
against British rule for the independence of India all through his life untill
the independence came on the way. Gandhiji was the man of simple living
and high thinking which has been set as an example to us. He was very against
to the smoking, drinking, untouchability, and non-vegetarianism. At this day
the selling of alcohol has been completely banned for whole day by the
government of India. He was the pioneer of truth and non-violence who started
the Satyagraha movement for India’s freedom. It is celebrated with lots of
preparations at the Raj Ghat, New Delhi (the cremation place of him).
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