{"id":884,"date":"2016-10-01T02:15:11","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aakash.ac.in\/blog\/7-facts-about-mahatma-gandhi-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T09:54:05","slug":"7-facts-about-mahatma-gandhi-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/7-facts-about-mahatma-gandhi-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"7 facts about Mahatma Gandhi You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, October 01, 2016<\/h3>\n

Commonly known as Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was a great man known by all. He not only brought Independence to India but also lead a trail of truth and freedom in our nation. Mahatma Gandhi who was lovingly called Bapu by everyone received a lot of fame and respect for the exceptional man he was. Today on his Birthday celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti we share with you some interesting facts which you may not be knowing.<\/p>\n

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    1. Gandhi wrote his very own Biography in Gujrati language:<\/b> Mahatma Gandhi wrote his biography in Gujrati originally which was later translated to English by his assistant.
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        1. The United Nations have marked his birthday October 2nd as the International Day of Non-violence by the United Nations: <\/b> It was known by everyone that Gandhi was a man of morals and he strongly believed in peace and non-violence. He was quoted saying.”The world will live in peace, only when the individuals composing it make up their minds to do so”.
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            1. He got married at the age of 13 to wife Kasturba: <\/b>Mahatma Gandhi was just 13 years old when he married Kasturba who was 14 at that time. She was a political activist who fought for civil rights.
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                1. Bapu Spoke English with an Irish accent: <\/b>Any person who heard Gandhi talking could not miss noticing his Irish accent every time he conversed. He was very fond of reading Sermon on the Mount and Bhagavad Gita which eventually laid a great impact on his ideologies.
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                    1. It was 5 times that he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize: <\/b> Gandhi was nominated 5 times for the prestigious Nobel Prize Award. In the very year of his assassination he was awarded with this honour, i.e. the year 1948.
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                        1. Mahatma Gandhi had always disliked his hand-writing: <\/b> He was never so fond of his handwriting and believed that bad handwriting was a sign of an imperfect education.
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                            1. ‘Friday’ was both his birth and death day: <\/b>The hero was born on a Friday and he as well left all of us on Friday again. Interestingly, India back then received its Independence on the same day.
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                              Saturday, October 01, 2016 Commonly known as Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was a great man known by all. He not only brought Independence to India but also lead a trail of truth and freedom in our nation. Mahatma Gandhi who was lovingly called Bapu by everyone received a lot of fame and respect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1400],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"yoast_head":"\n7 facts about Mahatma Gandhi You Need to Know<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mahatma Gandhi was a great man known by all. 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