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Remembering Mahatma
His own interpretation of the Seven Deadly Sins were: Wealth without Work, Pleasure without Conscience, Science without Humanity, Knowledge without Character, Politics without Principle, Commerce without Morality, and Worship without Sacrifice.
Pictured on 2 US postage stamps (4¢, 8¢) in the Champions of Liberty series, issued 26 December 1961.
He is referred to as 'the father of the Nation' in India.
The railway station at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is named in his honor (Mahatma Gandhi Station) because it was here that in 1891 he was unceremoniously thrown out of a first class train compartment just for being a colored person. This was his first experience of racism and became a turning point in his life.
Had 4 sons - Harilal (b. 1888), Manilal (b. 1892), Ramdas (b. 1897) and Devdas (b. 1900).
After his death India went into mourning for 13 days!
Gandhi was a veteran of two British Empire wars - the Boer War (1899) and the Zulu Wars (c.1904), where he helped in organising the transport of wounded soldiers on stretchers.
He died at 5:20 pm after being shot in the chest by Nathuram Godse, at Birla House in New Delhi.
He had 2 elder brothers (Laxmidas & Karsandas) and one younger sister (Raliatbehn).
He was imprisoned by the British 4 times as a political prisoner.
His birthday (October 2nd) is celebrated as a national holiday in India and is called 'Gandhi Jayanthi'.
His famous last words were "He Ram!" (O God!).
( lot of dispute about this )
On 12th March, 1930 Gandhi along with his followers started a 386 km (241 mile) march from Ahmedabad to Dandi, on the banks of the Arabian Sea. He was protesting the taxes levied by the British Raj on salt and decided that he would make his own salt from the sea. He reached his destination after 24 days on 6th April, 1930. This event became known the world over as 'The Dandi March' or 'Salt Satyagraha'.
The father of the 'father of the nation' was Karamchand Gandhi and his mother was Putalibai.
There are several major roads in most of the larger metropolitan cities in India named in his honour, as M.G. Road (short for Mahatma Gandhi).
He used to write letters to Leo Tolstoy, with whom he was friends. He even named his ashram in his honor - Tolstoy Farm.
After his assassination Albert Einstein said: "Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth!".
Gandhi had spent a total of 2,338 days (over 6 years) in jail as a political prisoner during his lifetime.
The title "Mahatma" (meaning "great-souled") was given to him in 1915 by his friendRabindranath Tagore. He never accepted the title because he considered himself unworthy of it.
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times between 1937 and 1948. After his death the Nobel Committee publicly declared its regret for never awarding him the Prize. When the The Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".
Was a vegetarian
Grandfather of Arun Gandhi and Rajmohan Gandhi. Great-grandfather of Tushar Gandhi.
Time Magazine's Person of the Year (1930).
Between 1934 and 1948, there had been four attempts on his life including one just ten days before his death.
Worked as a lawyer before turning to activism.
There is a district in Houston, Texas, with a high Indian population named after him.
His assassins died by hanging.
Lived in South Africa from 1891 to 1914 and started his activism there.
Was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind (Emperor of India) gold medal in 1915 for distinguished service to the British Raj. In 1920, he returned the medal to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Personal Quotes (16)
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
An eye for an eye will only end up making the whole world blind.
[on being asked why he visited King George V in only a loincloth] He wore enough for the both of us.
If we Indians could only spit in unison, we would form a puddle big enough to drown drown 3,000,000 Englishmen.
I always get the best bargains from behind prison bars.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
I am not strange, I am just not normal.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
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His own interpretation of the Seven Deadly Sins were: Wealth without Work, Pleasure without Conscience, Science without Humanity, Knowledge without Character, Politics without Principle, Commerce without Morality, and Worship without Sacrifice.
Pictured on 2 US postage stamps (4¢, 8¢) in the Champions of Liberty series, issued 26 December 1961.
He is referred to as 'the father of the Nation' in India.
The railway station at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is named in his honor (Mahatma Gandhi Station) because it was here that in 1891 he was unceremoniously thrown out of a first class train compartment just for being a colored person. This was his first experience of racism and became a turning point in his life.
Had 4 sons - Harilal (b. 1888), Manilal (b. 1892), Ramdas (b. 1897) and Devdas (b. 1900).
After his death India went into mourning for 13 days!
Gandhi was a veteran of two British Empire wars - the Boer War (1899) and the Zulu Wars (c.1904), where he helped in organising the transport of wounded soldiers on stretchers.
He died at 5:20 pm after being shot in the chest by Nathuram Godse, at Birla House in New Delhi.
He had 2 elder brothers (Laxmidas & Karsandas) and one younger sister (Raliatbehn).
He was imprisoned by the British 4 times as a political prisoner.
His birthday (October 2nd) is celebrated as a national holiday in India and is called 'Gandhi Jayanthi'.
His famous last words were "He Ram!" (O God!).
( lot of dispute about this )
On 12th March, 1930 Gandhi along with his followers started a 386 km (241 mile) march from Ahmedabad to Dandi, on the banks of the Arabian Sea. He was protesting the taxes levied by the British Raj on salt and decided that he would make his own salt from the sea. He reached his destination after 24 days on 6th April, 1930. This event became known the world over as 'The Dandi March' or 'Salt Satyagraha'.
The father of the 'father of the nation' was Karamchand Gandhi and his mother was Putalibai.
There are several major roads in most of the larger metropolitan cities in India named in his honour, as M.G. Road (short for Mahatma Gandhi).
He used to write letters to Leo Tolstoy, with whom he was friends. He even named his ashram in his honor - Tolstoy Farm.
After his assassination Albert Einstein said: "Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth!".
Gandhi had spent a total of 2,338 days (over 6 years) in jail as a political prisoner during his lifetime.
The title "Mahatma" (meaning "great-souled") was given to him in 1915 by his friendRabindranath Tagore. He never accepted the title because he considered himself unworthy of it.
He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times between 1937 and 1948. After his death the Nobel Committee publicly declared its regret for never awarding him the Prize. When the The Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi".
Was a vegetarian
Grandfather of Arun Gandhi and Rajmohan Gandhi. Great-grandfather of Tushar Gandhi.
Time Magazine's Person of the Year (1930).
Between 1934 and 1948, there had been four attempts on his life including one just ten days before his death.
Worked as a lawyer before turning to activism.
There is a district in Houston, Texas, with a high Indian population named after him.
His assassins died by hanging.
Lived in South Africa from 1891 to 1914 and started his activism there.
Was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind (Emperor of India) gold medal in 1915 for distinguished service to the British Raj. In 1920, he returned the medal to protest the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Personal Quotes (16)
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
An eye for an eye will only end up making the whole world blind.
[on being asked why he visited King George V in only a loincloth] He wore enough for the both of us.
If we Indians could only spit in unison, we would form a puddle big enough to drown drown 3,000,000 Englishmen.
I always get the best bargains from behind prison bars.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
I am not strange, I am just not normal.
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003987/bio
