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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi's Rajghat on Gandhi Jayanti, even as President Droupadi Murmu urged everyone to follow in Gandhi's footsteps.