Mahatma Gandhi Facts

Want to know some interesting and shocking facts about our father of nation? Check out our amazing facts about Mahatma Gandhi!

• He was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India.

• Gandhi spent most of his time fighting for the independence of India.

• He is often referred to as Bapu in Indian, which stands for “Father of the Nation.”
  

  “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.”
  – Gandhi

• Gandhi believed in non-violence, a policy he called “Satyagraha.”

• He led the Salt March to protest against the British. When Britain put a tax on salt, Gandhi decided to walk 241 miles to the sea in Dandi to make his own salt. Thousands of Indians joined him in his march.

• Gandhi was put in prison several times for organizing these protests.

• Gandhi was regularly corresponding with Russian Novelist Leo Tolstoy.

• Mahatma Gandhi lived principally on fruits and goat’s milk.

• He was the 1930 Time Magazine Man of the Year. It is also the International Day of Non-Violence.

• The 1982 movie Gandhi won the Academy Award for best motion picture.

• Gandhi wrote a lot. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi have 50,000 pages!

• He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, but he never got one.

• Gandhi was assassinated on January 30^th, 1948 at the Birla Bhavan in New Delhi.

• He influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and millions of other people.