Gandhi Jayanti 2023 Live Updates: Apart from cleanliness drive, various other national activities have been planned to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Monday. Stay tuned to this LIve Blog for latest updates.
Gandhi Jayanti 2022: Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha and Ahimsa movements to fight for India s liberation. Thus, Bapu s birth anniversary is celebrated as International Day of Non-Violence, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly.
Gandhi Jayanti 2022: On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 2 as International Day of Non-violence. Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha and the Ahimsa movement to liberate India from British rule.
Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar town of Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi or Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi adopted a non-violent resistance and was at the forefront of the freedom struggle against colonial British rule.