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Gandhi Jayanti 2024: Gandhi Jayanti 2024 is celebrated every year on 2 October. This year 2024 is his 155th birth anniversary. One of the prominent faces of India's freedom struggle against the British, Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi's movements like his Dandi March and Quit India Movement played a major role in India's independence.
Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year because Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October. The day honors the life and contributions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is known as the Father of the Nation in India.
In recognition of Gandhi's principles, the United Nations declared October 2 as the International Day of Nonviolence in 2007, further strengthening his global influence.
Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated as a national holiday in India. On this day, prayer meetings, tributes and cultural programs are organized across the country. Many prominent politicians come to pay homage at Rajghat in Delhi.
Interesting facts related to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi's full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat.
- Gandhiji died on 30 January 1948 after the country gained independence.
- Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi March in 1930 and the Quit India Movement in 1942.
- Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore gave him the title of Mahatma, after which he came to be called Mahatma.
- On June 4, 1944, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in a message on Singapore Radio, addressed Mahatma Gandhi as 'Father of the Nation', after which he started being addressed by the same name throughout the country.