Gandhi Jayanti Special: Some lesser-known facts about our Bapu

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Gandhi Jayanti Special: Some lesser-known facts about our Bapu As we celebrate the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation on October 2, let’s know about some lesser known facts about the Mahatma... 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. Gandhi ji and famous author Leo Tolstoy interacted with each other through letters. 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. Gandhi ji was born on Friday, India got its freedom on Friday and Gandhiji was assassinated on Friday. The funeral procession of Gandhiji was more than 8 km long! The country against whom he fought for India's Independence, Great Britain, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death. Bapu was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times! The committee regrets not giving him the prize to this day as the award is never given posthumously. M. K. Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 4 continents and 12 countries. Mahatma Gandhi walked/traveled almost 18 kilometers a day throughout his lifetime which is enough to walk around the world twice over. Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent as his first English teacher was Irish. 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. Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi – his round glasses are not only similar but also a tribute.

As we celebrate the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation on October 2, let’s know about some lesser known facts about the Mahatma…

  • 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.
  • Gandhi ji and famous author Leo Tolstoy interacted with each other through letters. 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.
  • Gandhi ji was born on Friday, India got its freedom on Friday and Gandhiji was assassinated on Friday.
  • The funeral procession of Gandhiji was more than 8 km long!
  • The country against whom he fought for India’s Independence, Great Britain, released a stamp honouring him, 21 years after his death.
  • Bapu was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times! The committee regrets not giving him the prize to this day as the award is never given posthumously.
  • M. K. Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 4 continents and 12 countries.
  • Mahatma Gandhi walked/traveled almost 18 kilometers a day throughout his lifetime which is enough to walk around the world twice over.
  • Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent as his first English teacher was Irish. 
  • 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.
  • Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi – his round glasses are not only similar but also a tribute.

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