The High Commission of India will be celebrating Mahatma Gandhi’s 145th birth anniversary on Monday the 2nd October, 2017.
According to Biography, Mahatma Gandhi was the primary leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience that would influence the world.
Mahatma Gandhi born October 2, 1869, died on January 30, 1948. He was the leader of India’s non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians.
Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948.
In 1915 Gandhi founded an ashram in Ahmedabad, India, that was open to all castes. Wearing a simple loincloth and shawl, Gandhi lived an austere life devoted to prayer, fasting and meditation. He became known as “Mahatma,” which means “great soul.”
In 1932, Gandhi, at the time imprisoned in India, embarked on a six-day fast to protest the British decision to segregate the “untouchables,” those on the lowest rung of India’s caste system, by allotting them separate electorates. The public outcry forced the British to amend the proposal.
To commemorate his existence, the High Commission has proposed to organize a short function at the Promenade Gardens from 08:00 to 09:30 hours where the distinguished invitees to the ceremony will offer floral tributes at the statute of Mahatma Gandhi.