Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti in India - Being a Good Indian.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Hey G@G community

Mahatma Gandhi's birthday (Gandhi Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti) is a gazetted holiday in India on October 2 each year. It marks the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth on October 2, 1869. Gandhi is remembered for his contributions towards the Indian freedom struggle.

Many people celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday across India. Events include:

Prayer services, commemorative ceremonies and tributes at locations all over India.

Art exhibitions and essay competitions.

The presentation of awards to projects stimulating a non-violent way of life.

The showing of films and book readings on Mahatma Gandhi's life and achievements.

Many people sing Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, Gandhi's favorite devotional song. Bunches of flowers or flower garlands are placed on many statues of Mahatma Gandhi throughout India. Some people also avoid eating meat or drinking alcohol on October 2.

Public Life

Government offices, post offices and banks are closed on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. Stores and other businesses and organizations may be closed or have reduced opening hours. Those wishing to use public transport on the day may need to contact the local transport authorities to check on timetables.

Background

Mahatma Gandhi, also known as #Mohandas #Karamchand #Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, and died on January 30, 1948. He was a political and spiritual leader in India and played a key role in the Indian #independence movement. Gandhi developed the novel technique of non-violent agitation, which he called "Satyagraha", loosely translated as "moral domination".

He is known for his non-violent civil disobedience in India and #South #Africa. These included the start of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 and the Salt Satyagraha or Salt (Dandi) March starting on March 12, 1930. Through Gandhi's efforts, India finally gained its freedom on August 15, 1947. The nation mourned for him after he was assassinated on January 30, 1948.

The United Nations' (UN) International Day of Non-Violence is also held on October 2 each year to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.

Three locations in India play important roles in the celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. These are:

The Martyr's Column at the Gandhi Smriti in New Dehli where Mahatma Gandhi was shot on January 30, 1948.

The Raj Ghat on the banks of the river Yamuna in New Dehli where Mahatma Gandhi's body was cremated on January 31, 1948.

The Triveni Sangam where the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati come together near Allahabad.

Happy Gandhi Jayanti!!!

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Hope Girls Stop Blocking Us. 🙃

Have a Great Life Ahead.

[cupidkisses]

I didn't know that there os a movie telling about his life.
Interesting

[Being_a_good_Indian]

If you wish to know more about this legend, then I would highly recommend watching these great movies based on Mahatma Gandhi.

Being an iconic personality and the guardian of peace throughout his life, a lot of biographies, journals, and articles have been written about Mahatma Gandhi.

Some of these creations have inspired filmmakers to make motion pictures celebrating the life of Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Gandhi (1982)
Gandhi My Father (2007) (My favourite)
The Making of Mahatma (1996)
Gandhi to Hitler (2011)
Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005)
Sardar (1993)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
Mahatma: Life of Gandhi (1968)

[cupidkisses]

Wow! Thank you

[metalsucks2]

#GujaratiPride

[topi_tonge]

Switch on the t. v. bro- DD national

A better award winning movie
"Making of the Mahatma"

Movie started 7 p. m.
Mother is not letting me watch it 😑

I read all the info that you provided​ . It was nice.

I expected you to share Some more Gandhiyan principals and teachings from his life.

You can make this take very very reader friendly , share stories !

Otherwise i think people will not feel interested in reading. i m saying this (might be ) becoz i m a "example boy"

I may sound rude to you!

Gandhi's three Monkeys are v. v. famous ! Next time please don't forget

Why did he change his lifestyle?
What was the reason behind him clothing in this attire?
His response to violence due to non-cooperation movement?

I missed a lot of things.

I have less internet, so won't watch video.

Well , today is swaccha bhaarat day

Did you hear our P. M. at Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi?

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Thanks for sharing your valuable suggestions.

The Making of the Mahatma (1996) is a joint Indian - South African produced film, directed by Shyam Benegal, about the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul) during his 21 years in South Africa. The film is based upon the book, The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma, by Fatima Meer (who also wrote the screenplay).

Gandhi, My Father is a 2007 Indian biographical drama film by Feroz Abbas Khan. It was produced by Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, and released on 3 August 2007.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Gandhi's 11 Vows

Ahimsa (Nonviolence)
Satya (Truth)
Asteya (Non-stealing)
Brahmacharya (Self Discipline)
Aparigraha (Non-possession)
Sharirshrama (Bread Labour)
Aswada (Control of the Palate)
Sarvatra Bhayavarjana (Fearlessness)
Sarva Dharma Samantva (Equality of the religions)
Swadeshi (Use Locally Made Goods)
Sparshbhavna (Untouchability)

[Being_a_good_Indian]

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[topi_tonge]

Wow 👻👻 now it's complete for @ Being_A_Good_Indian's take

I loved this 😍

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Still few questions are remaining bro. I will answer all your questions.

[nbbn5]

Tbh I didn't knew that Ghandhi ji was cremated in at raj ghat
And there is one more movie "Ghandhi" watch it someday if never watched it :)
JAI HIND 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[nbbn5]

And very nice work 👍👍👍 🙂

[nbbn5]

Gandhi ** sorry
it is so shameful that I wrote it wrong 😓

[Being_a_good_Indian]

You accepted your mistake is more important. It shows that you have courage to accept your mistakes. No need to feel guilty.

[LordSpider]

ghandi was racist towards black People and loved enemas and having naked 14 year olds lay on him so he can test his "temptation" while he slept. I'm not making this up this is all true ghandi did a lot good things but he was a creepy racist fuck

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Prove your point with legitimate source of information.

[LordSpider]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4rqa6s

[FreedomByChoice]

you have nothing to say against that?

[altair212]

fuck gandhi piece of shit was friends with hitler and was a racist cuck but gets remembered for being good

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Prove your point with legitimate source of information.

[altair212]

sorry i thought people on here were smart enough to type "gandhi and hitler" on google and click enter

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Thanks for sharing your valuable opinion #SIR 🙃

Please Share your knowledge with us.

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[altair212]

doesn't that count as u pointing out ur insecurities lmfao

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Lol.

Let me share few things with you.

Adolf Hitler tries to assist India in gaining independence from the British rule while Mahatma Gandhi writes letters to him to stop violence.

Gandhi wrote two letters to his 'Dear Friend' Hitler, but none of them got delivered to him.

Reason: both the letters were intercepted midway by the British authorities and hence never saw Hitler's hands.

He wrote the first letter a month before Hitler invaded Poland (which marks the beginning of World War ll).

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This letter was never delivered as British authorities intercepted it and prevented it from reaching Germany.

Given Hitler's aggressive stance at that moment, it is not hard to determine how seriously he would have taken Gandhi's advice, had he read the letter.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

He wrote the second letter in December 1940, this time a rather longer one, and hoping his Italian counterpart Benito Mussolini (the leader of National Fascist Party in Italy) will also find time to read this plea.

In a very polite manner, Gandhi warned Hitler of future consequences by saying,

"... some other power will certainly improve upon your method and beat you with your own weapon..."

He emphasized the power of nonviolent noncooperation by telling him how Indians are carrying out their freedom struggle against the same Brits, and that winning a war through violence and destruction is so futile.

"If you attain success in the war, it will not prove that you were in the right. It will only prove that your power of destruction was greater."

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Considering those were World War ll days, and how difficult it was to send a message to Germany through proper channels from a British occupied territory, historians are of the opinion that this letter too was intercepted by the Britishers, and hence never reached Hitler.

Also, it was 1940–41, and Germany was strong & ambitious, it is not difficult to deduce how Hitler would have reacted to Gandhi's advice of pursuing peace.

So, although Gandhi wrote two letters to Hitler, yet Hitler never replied to them simply because he never got any of them in the first place. Both the letters were intercepted by the Britishers.

The WWll went on for another half a decade, brought massive destruction, and it's subsequent ripples were felt all around the world for almost half a century, probably even today.

How different history would have been had Hitler read those letters and followed Mahatma's advice.

[altair212]

Well he said he doesn't like Christians and although I understand which ones he's talking about it's kind of a dick move to say all Christians are like that so

[Being_a_good_Indian]

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

This quote has actually become popular in some Christian circles to implore followers that they should “be like Jesus.” But there’s no evidence that Gandhi ever said this.

[Dale1982]

Ghandi was a tit before he got all spiritual. Read his history

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Please share history of GANDHI with G@G community with legitimate source. Thanks for sharing your valuable opinion.

[Dale1982]

Of course brother. There's a world of knowledge at your fingertips. Feel free to investigate further on your own timw

[Being_a_good_Indian]

definitely Sir. We all can access information through Internet.

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😊🙃

[Dude55]

There's a lot of negative things about him, could you imagine what would be dug up about him these days if he was around? I can't imagine he'd be hailed as such a great man then.

[RationalMale]

Ghandi did help India get independence from the British.

When the British left, the muslims and hindus immediately decided to slaughter each other. Today, much of India still believes toilets are lame compared to defecating in an open field.

Maybe Ghandi didn't actually help his nation after all.

[juicySummer]

i have watched only the movie, I don't know how accute it is but ghandi is amazing person

[TheMoroccangirl]

He was a racist and a pedophile.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Thanks for sharing your valuable opinion.

Please Elucidate your opinion based on which we can discuss this matter.

[Hihikinn]

Also sexist

[Being_a_good_Indian]

@Hihikinn

Thanks for sharing your valuable opinion.

The greatest contribution of Gandhi was 'Satyagraha' which not only aimed at creating a society which would be based on feminine values but also advocated a feminist strategy to achieve that ideal. Gandhi aimed at creating a non-violent society based on truth. He had mystified the concept of truth using an abstract language, like his definition of truth "that there is an unalterable law governing everything that exists or lives. It is not a blind law, for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings. For Gandhi this unalterable law was truth. This truth is non-violence which is love. These virtues according to him are not sensory or empirical but are also transcendental.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Nevertheless, behind Gandhi's mystical explanation there is an advocacy of a society based on humanitarian values. It envisages a society free of exploitation, establishing equality-social, political and economic--which would not discriminate against human beings on the basis of birth, colour, sex or nation. The basis of this society will be love, cooperation, care, sympathy, all those virtues with which women are associated, against coercion, selfishness or brute force. Indeed this kind of society will be congenial for providing a place for women they have been denied so far. It is "Sarvodaya" - for all including women.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Nevertheless, there were some occasions when Gandhi suggested women to play a supportive role in political movements. The case in point is the famous Dandi March of 1930. Gandhi wanted to keep women out amongst the core group of 79 Satyagrahis to break the salt law. The women however resented it. Gandhi pleaded with the women that there were other reasons to exclude the women from the movement than their frailty, that he did not want to give opportunity to the British administration to accuse the Satyagrahis that they used women as a shield to protect themselves. Women did agree with Gandhi's plea and Mrs. Sarojini Naidu had participated in the Dandi March, and large number of women also associated with Gandhi's civil disobedience movement by breaking the Salt Law.

[i1T2daty]

OMG, I love it when someone knows the background behind the propaganda.

[i1T2daty]

I don't know that I've met an 18 year old as knowledgeable as you

[Annie_Mosity]

He was a penpal of Hitler and a fucking racist...

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Adolf Hitler tries to assist India in gaining independence from the British rule while Mahatma Gandhi writes letters to him to stop violence.

Gandhi wrote two letters to his 'Dear Friend' Hitler, but none of them got delivered to him.

Reason: both the letters were intercepted midway by the British authorities and hence never saw Hitler's hands.

He wrote the first letter a month before Hitler invaded Poland (which marks the beginning of World War ll).

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This letter was never delivered as British authorities intercepted it and prevented it from reaching Germany.

Given Hitler's aggressive stance at that moment, it is not hard to determine how seriously he would have taken Gandhi's advice, had he read the letter.

He wrote the second letter in December 1940, this time a rather longer one, and hoping his Italian counterpart Benito Mussolini (the leader of National Fascist Party in Italy) will also find time to read this plea.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

In a very polite manner, Gandhi warned Hitler of future consequences by saying,

"... some other power will certainly improve upon your method and beat you with your own weapon..."

He emphasized the power of nonviolent noncooperation by telling him how Indians are carrying out their freedom struggle against the same Brits, and that winning a war through violence and destruction is so futile.

"If you attain success in the war, it will not prove that you were in the right. It will only prove that your power of destruction was greater."

Considering those were World War ll days, and how difficult it was to send a message to Germany through proper channels from a British occupied territory, historians are of the opinion that this letter too was intercepted by the Britishers, and hence never reached Hitler.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Also, it was 1940–41, and Germany was strong & ambitious, it is not difficult to deduce how Hitler would have reacted to Gandhi's advice of pursuing peace.

So, although Gandhi wrote two letters to Hitler, yet Hitler never replied to them simply because he never got any of them in the first place. Both the letters were intercepted by the Britishers.

The WWll went on for another half a decade, brought massive destruction, and it's subsequent ripples were felt all around the world for almost half a century, probably even today.

How different history would have been had Hitler read those letters and followed Mahatma's advice.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

The link is of the letter written by #Mahatma Gandhi.

[FreedomByChoice]

funny considering britan is the main cause of all of that drama in the first place. they even funded hitler.

[Annie_Mosity]

@FreedomByChoice the 'drama'? It isn't a cat fight at high school...

[FreedomByChoice]

it might as well be, as britan is literally like the gossiping girl who goes behind peoples back and plays both sides. There is a reason why hitler said he admired britan. All of that blood shed could have been avoided far before they intercepted those letters to plead with hitler.

[ArabianPwincess197]

Nice Take, he was one of the people who helped India get independence, was friends with Muhammad Jinnah, I heard he was very educated too

[yulbsari]

His legacy is mixed, but I think his good work ultimately outweighed the other...

[CubsterShura]

We have mixed opinions on him here. He encouraged the partition based off religion.

[Political_dude]

Why you're always right? 😇

[CubsterShura]

@Political_dude cause I'm always left alone so I guess left and right cancel each other out.

[AzureGirl]

Interesting mytake, thanks for sharing!

[Being_a_good_Indian]

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[afs_99cent]

Didn't Gandhi sleep with his nieces and other married women and hated black people?

[Yuki_JPN]

I look up to him as leader.

[Being_a_good_Indian]

In India, Gandhi established the acknowledgment by leading through example, he established himself as a slave of the people of India, empowering the general public. He made it his policy to practice what he preached, even the small things like spinning yarn to make his clothes. He resorted to simple and poor living, just like millions in the country, hence people looked at Gandhi as one of their own, they could see their own sufferings in him.

[CaptainSmartass]

The thing about Gandhi is that he only made one film, then you never saw him again.

Simples...

[Being_a_good_Indian]

Thanks for sharing your opinion. It is really simple.

[AlexEfron]

"Hope Girls Stop Blocking Us" - What was that for?

[Being_a_good_Indian]

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Most of the Girls immediately block when they see INDIAN. It is one of the reason I had changed my username.

[AlexEfron]

No one blocked me for that yet 😂
Rather (most) girls have been quite friendly with me... But yeah most of them are skeptical about Indians... Can't deny there are some Indian "freaks" on this site and because of them people doubt us

[sedrftvgyhujik]

some beautiful photos of india

[Ersacol28]

Beautiful post thank you!