MAHATMA GANDHI FATHER OF THE NATION

‘International Day of Non-Violence’. Father of the Nation & Bapu Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born on October 2, 1869, was a prominent Indian leader of the pre-independence era. Mahatma Gandhi drew praise for his contribution round the world because he made this non-violent movements as his weapons for asserting rights of Indians. His birth-date is celebrated as ‘International Day of Non-Violence’.  He took up movements like non-violence, civil disobedience and civil rights during India’s freedom struggle with the British. He is best known as Father of the Nation & Bapu

a day of non violence and peace.   Though hailed from an effluent family (His father, Karamchand Gandhi the diwan (Prime Minister of Porbander state, a small princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India.) and was highly educated, Gandhi ji sacrificed all riches and dedicated his life to freedom struggle. The upliftment of the poor held no lesser a place in his life. Gandhiji’s birthday is celebrated as a a day of non violence and peace. It is a national holiday   He led many campaigns and exercised satyagraha (Holding firmly to truth) in the true essence. 

The Turning Point Gandhi in South Africa: 1893- 1914In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination directed at Indians. He was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg after refusing to move from the first class to a third class coach while holding a valid first class ticket. Traveling farther on by stagecoach he was beaten by a driver for refusing to travel on the foot board to make room for a European passenger. These events were a turning point in his life, awakening him to social injustice and influencing his subsequent social activism.

Gandhi ji led a very simple life Mahatma Gandhi's room at Sabarmati Ashram Gandhi spinning thread

He led nationwide movements and campaigns for India’s independence Eradication of poverty, expanding women’s rights, ending untouchability are a few to mention Established Swaraj through Non-cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience, Quit India movement etc.   He practiced what he preached There are still many Gandhians world over who try to follow his philosophy and ideologies to promote peace and harmony.

In May 1883, the 13-year old Mohandas was married to 14-year old Kasturbai, eversince she remained an active participant in all his freedom movemnets.

Gandhi takes a leadership role Gandhi preaching a group of people Gandhi in a train interacting with his followers

Gandhi’s Tactics Gandhi employed non-cooperation, non-violence and peaceful resistance as his "weapons" in the struggle against British. In Punjab, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of civilians by British troops (also known as the Amritsar Massacre) caused deep trauma to the nation, leading to increased public anger and acts of violence. Gandhi criticized both the actions of the British Raj and the retaliatory violence of Indians. When he was arrested, he continued his non-violent protest through hunger strikes. Gandhi on the Salt March. Gandhi on Dandi March Gandhi on a “fast.” Gandhi on a “fast.”

Imprisonments Gandhi was arrested many times during his freedom fight. On 10 March 1922, he was tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. He began his sentence on 18 March 1922. He was released in February 1924 for an appendicitis operation, having served only 2 years.

The Transition

continue to be realized by the whole mankind. Unfortunately, Gandhi ji was assassinated on January 30, 1948. His main principles were truth, non-violence and Satyagraha. Let’s hope that his ideologies and vision continue to be realized by the whole mankind.

ADOLFO PÉREZ ESQUIVEL

the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980. For his leadership in the advocacy of human rights and democracy for the people of Latin America, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980.

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Argentina in 1931 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was born in Argentina in 1931. Trained as an architect and sculptor, he left his career in 1974 at the age of 43 to coordinate non-violent organizations and coalitions in Latin America.

Esquivel began a campaign to convince the United Nations of the need for a Human Rights Commission. He sent a record of all the breaches of human rights that his organization, Servicio Paz y Justicia, (Service, Peace and Justice Foundation), could uncover in Latin America.

In 1977, Argentinean authorities jailed Pérez Esquivel without charge, subjected him to torture and held him without trial in Buenos Aires for fourteen months. By the way it was his third arrest in as many years, each in a different country. Over time these limits were eased and he was able to visit Europe in 1980.

he continues to believe in As he said in his Nobel acceptance speech, he continues to believe in and works for “A change based on justice, built with love and which will bring us the most anxiously desired fruit of peace.”

Khawaja Zafar Iqbal

Khawaja Zafar Iqbal was born in a remote village of the Rawalkot district, Pakistan. After studying at the University of Punjab, he started his career as a journalist got numerous awards and prizes for highlighting issues of voiceless segments of the society. Spent more than six years in promoting peace and human rights in his native state explored the future of global media in Asian perspective by taking a course of studies at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

He introduced some new approaches in local journalism concentrating on women, children and minorities sufferings and also focused on social and political milieu. On several occasions he has been threatened by extremist groups and state agencies for highlighting highlighted the sufferings of neglected sections of the society, particularly the victims of police and state terrorism.

Press for Peace (PEP), He is founder of . He is founder of Press for Peace (PEP), a non-governmental organization and think tank, striving for the protection of human rights, freedom of press and environment in South Asia. 

‘Peace Advocates’

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