Today October 2, 2012 we celebrate the 143rd anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.
Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869. He is the hero of India‘s nationalism during the British-ruled India. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslim and Hindu Indians in South Africa, using the new techniques of non-violent civil disobedience that he developed.(Wikipedia)
A maintenance worker tosses a pail of water to clean a statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed outside the Gujarat state legislature in Gandhinagar, India, on October 1, 2012.
The philosophy of non violence as trancribed in Bhagavad-Gita wherein Mahatma Gandhi became interested in.
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