Gandhi Birthday

Every year on 2 October, on what would have been Indian civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, the world celebrates the International Day of Non-Violence. It is, the United Nations writes, an opportunity to “disseminate the message of non-violence” with the goal of “securing a culture of peace, tolerance and understanding”.

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WRAL: Today is the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birthday, and it's a national holiday in India

Mahatma Gandhi, known in India as "the father of the nation," was born 150 years ago today, on . His birthday is a major national holiday called Gandhi Jayanti, and it is marked with a ...

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Today is the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birthday, and it's a national holiday in India

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A relay of a peace torch and the lighting of 1,000 candles will mark the culmination of Mahatma Gandhi Week on Oct. 1 in front of Houston City Hall. In commemoration of Gandhi's birthday, which falls ...

The Middletown Press: Gandhi's ashes stolen and memorial photo defaced on his 150th birthday

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Thieves in India reportedly stole Mahatma Gandhi's ashes from a memorial and defaced his photo there on Wednesday, which marked his 150th birthday. His birthday marked a major national holiday in ...

I awoke Monday thinking of Mahatma Gandhi -- it was his 148th birthday. Gandhi, one of the greatest proponents of tolerance and peace, led India to independence from the British without ever picking ...