Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:
Was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.
Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India
Full name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Assassinated: January 30, 1948, New Delhi, India.
Fuente: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
16 FACTS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT MAHATMA GANDHI.
- Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize 5 times.
- M. K. Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 4 continents and 12 countries.
- The funeral procession of Mahatma Gandhi was 8 kilometers long.
- Great Britain, the country against whom he fought for independence, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death.
- Mahatma Gandhi walked/traveled almost 18 kilometers a day throughout his lifetime which is enough to walk around the world twice over.
- Gandhiji served in the army during the Boer war – he crusaded against violence since the time he realized the horrors of war.
- Mahatma Gandhi corresponded with a lot of people – Tolstoy, Einstein and Hitler were among the many.
- Gandhiji was not present during Nehru’s tryst of destiny speech to celebrate independence.
- Most relics of Gandhiji including the clothes he wore when he was shot are still preserved in Gandhi Museum, Madurai.
- He never held an official position in any political body during the final years of his life.
- He was thinking of dissolving the Congress a day before he died.
- Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi – his round glasses are not only similar but also a tribute.
- Gandhiji had a set of false teeth, which he carried in a fold of his loin cloth.
- Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent, for one of his first teachers was an Irishman.
- There are 53 major roads (excluding the smaller ones) in India, and 48 roads outside India that are named after him.
- Gandhiji helped establish 3 football clubs in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg all of which were given the same name: Passive Resisters Soccer Club.
Fuente: https://www.storypick.com/mahatma-gandhi-facts/
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Quotes.
- “Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.”
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
- “A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
- “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.”
- “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
- “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
- “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
- “A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”
- “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
- “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”
- “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
- “A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.”
- “I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.”
- “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
- “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
Fuente: https://izquotes.com/author/mahatma-gandhi/3
