First of all, wish you all a very Happy Gandhi Jayanti. 2nd October is the day we remember the contribution of our Great Freedom fighter who fought the British and gave us freedom. We cannot write any story about Indian freedom without mentioning the Great and Father of Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi also popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi. I am always curious about the different sources where I can get more information about Gandhi jee. One of the best sources is his autobiography “The Story of My Experiment with Truth”.
Today I will
Share with you some interesting facts about Gandhi Jee.
- Gandhi Jee edited several newspapers which included Harijan (Gujrati, English, and Hindi), Indian Opinion (English), Young India (English), Navajivan (Gujrati).
- He did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize despite being nominated five times between 1937 and 1948.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 4 continents and 12 countries.
- Gandhi had a strange coincidence with Friday, as Gandhi was born on Friday, India got its independence on Friday, and he was assassinated on Friday.
- Mahatma Gandhi served in the army during the Boer War.
- He had a set of false teeth, which he carried in a fold of his loincloth. He put them in his mouth only when he wanted to eat. After his meal, he took them out, washed them, and put them back in his loin cloth again.
- Gandhiji very much worried about two things. One is for his bad handwriting and the other was massaging. He liked massaging his body by others.
- He never traveled by Plane. Although he had many powers, he lived very simply. Throughout his life, he followed simplicity.
- Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent, for one of his first teachers was an Irishman.
- Time Magazine, a famous U.S. publication, named Mahatma Gandhi the Man of the Year in 1930.
