Facts related to Gandhiji: Know 20 unknown facts about Bapu
The full name of Mahatma Gandhi was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October in Porbandar. There is still a lot about him that people do not know. Come let's know 20 Unknown Facts about Mahatma Gandhi.
1. Mahatma Gandhi always had a Gita while he followed Mahavir Swami's Panchamahavrata and Mahatma Buddha's Eightfold Path.
2. Mahatma Gandhi used to walk 18 kilometers every day in his life, which was equivalent to making 2 rounds of the earth in his lifetime.
3. He was conscious of his health and wanted to live 110 years. To quench the heat of his stomach, he used to tie wet clay strips on it.
4. Mahatma Gandhi School had good students in English, while the average in Mathematics and weak in Geography.
5. Gandhiji never sat on a plane in his lifetime. He traveled only by train. He never even went to America. In the year 1930, he was awarded the title of Man of the Year by America's Time Magazine.
6. Once during a train journey, a shoe of Mahatma Gandhi fell. He also threw away his other shoe. When the next passenger asked the reason, he said that one shoe will not be of any use to me. At least the person who meets will get a chance to wear both shoes.
7. Gandhiji was not fond of being photographed at all, but during independence, most of his photographs were taken.
8. Gandhi founded Tolstoy Farm, a small colony of 1,100 acres, 21 miles from Johannesburg, during the Satyagraha struggle in South Africa.
9. Gandhiji was born on Friday, India got independence on Friday, and Gandhiji was also assassinated on Friday.
10. Gandhiji was assassinated in the garden of Birla Bhavan.
11. About one million people were walking along in Gandhiji's funeral procession and more than 15 lakh people were standing in the way.
13. When Mahatma Gandhiji came back to India from Africa, he got the Satyagraha Ashram built on 25 May 1915 in Kochrab Bungalow. Later he re-established the Satyagraha Ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati River on 17 June 1917 on a large area of about 36 acres. Later this ashram came to be known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river. It is said that this ashram was built by engineer Charles Correa.
14. Mahatma Gandhi used to keep his false teeth tied in his dhoti. Used to apply them only while eating food.
15. It is said that he was nominated for the Nobel Prize 5 times. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 before receiving the award.
16. Mahatma Gandhi was first addressed by Subhash Chandra Bose as 'Father of the Nation'. On 4 June 1944, while broadcasting a message from Singapore Radio, Mahatma Gandhi was called 'Father of the Nation'.
17. Mahatma Gandhi took five rupees each for his autograph to help the earthquake victims in Bhagalpur in 1934.
18. When Mahatma Gandhi started practicing, he lost his first case.
19. A total of 53 major roads in India are named after Mahatma Gandhi. Not only in the country but also abroad, a total of 48 roads are named after Mahatma Gandhi.
20. The one who taught English to Mahatma Gandhi was a resident of Ireland.
