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write 20 points about Mahatma Gandhi​

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Answered by sakshisingh27
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  1. Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Karamchand was the name of his father. The honorific title Mahatma, or "Great Soul," was given to him in 1914.
  2. Gandhi is often called Bapu in India, a term of endearment that means "father."
  3. Gandhi fought for much more than independence. His causes included civil rights for women, the abolition of the caste system, and the fair treatment of all people regardless of religion. His mother and father had different religious traditions.
  4. Gandhi demanded fair treatment for the untouchables, India’s lowest caste; he underwent several fasts to support the cause. He called the untouchables harijans, which means "children of God."
  5. Gandhi ate fruit, nuts, and seeds for five years but switched back to strict vegetarianism after suffering health problems. He maintained that each person should find their own diet that works best.
  6. Gandhi spent decades experimenting with food, logging the results, and tweaking his eating choices. He wrote a book named The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism.
  7. Gandhi took an early vow to avoid milk products (including ghee), however, after his health began to decline, he relented and started drinking goat’s milk.
  8. He sometimes traveled with his goat to ensure that the milk was fresh and that he wasn’t given cow or buffalo milk.Gandhi was actually a philosophical anarchist and wanted no established government in India.
  9. He felt that if everyone adopted nonviolence and a good moral code they could be self-governing.
  10. One of Mahatma Gandhi's most outspoken political critics was Winston Churchill.Through a prearranged marriage, Gandhi was wed at age 13; his wife, Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia, was one year older.
  11. They were married 62 years.

Gandhi and his wife had their first child when he was 16 years old.

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Answered by sushilyashk
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) is also known as "Bapu" or "Rashtrpita" and "The Father of Nation". The ideal's of Mahatma Gandhi were Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satya (truth). He not only contributed in India's freedom struggle but also inspired people across the world and raise the voice against discrimination of caste, colour, religion. He was a simple man with vast ideas and he always give message to others that "Be the change you wish to see in the world".

He was born on 2nd October, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. He pursued law for one year at the University of Bombay and later went to University College London and completed his graduation in 1891. After that, he started working in the Bar council of England. And also went to South Africa, where he experienced racism.

20 interesting facts about Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of masses.

1. Mahatma Gandhi's mother tongue was Gujarati.

2. He did his schooling from Alfred High School, Rajkot.

3. His birthday (2nd October) is commemorated world-wide as International Day of Nonviolence.

4. He was the youngest child of his parents. He had 2 brothers and 1 sister.

5. Gandhi’s father was Hindu by religion and Modh Baniya by caste.

6. Mahadev Desai was Gandhi’s personal secretary.

7. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in the garden of the former Birla House.

8. Gandhi ji and famous author Leo Tolstoy interacted with each other through letters.

9. Gandhi ji set up a small colony, Tolstoy Farm at an 1100 acre site, 21 miles from Johannesburg, South Africa for his colleagues in the Satyagraha struggle.

10. Gandhi ji was born on Friday, India got its freedom on Friday and Gandhi ji was assassinated on Friday.

11. He not only fought for Independence but also demanded fair treatment for the untouchables, lower caste and also done several fast in support of them. He also called untouchables as harijans meaning "children of God".

12. Gandhi in 1982 is an epic historical drama film based on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi won the Academic Award for best motion picture.

13. In 1930, he was the Time Magazine Man of the Year. He was a great writer and the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi have 50,000 pages.

14. Do you know that 5 times Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

15. The country against whom he fought for India's Independence, Great Britain, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death.

16. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was not born with the title Mahatma. He was given the title to him by the Nobel Prize winning Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

17. When Jawaharlal Nehru was giving tryst of destiny speech to celebrate independence, Gandhi ji was not present at that time.

18. Mahatma Gandhi funeral procession was 8 kilometres long.

19. Reserve Bank of India issued The Gandhi series banknotes by displaying portrait of Mahatma Gandhi since its introduction in 1996. The series issued in 1996 is of 10 and 500 rupee banknotes.

20. In 1959, Gandhi Memorial Museum was established. It is located in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. It is also known as Gandhi Museum. It consists of a blood stained garment which was worn by Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated by the Nathuram Godse.

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