Gandhi Jayanti in India
Gandhi Jayanti in India is held on October 2. Gandhi's birthday-related observances. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. Help us
Gandhi Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat; died January 30, 1948, New Delhi. He was an Indian political and public figure, one of the leaders and ideologists of the Indian independence movement from Great Britain. His philosophy of non-violence - satyagraha - influenced the movement for peaceful change.
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