Fun Facts About Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi's attempts to set up a law practice in Bombay failed because he was psychologically unable to cross-examine witnesses.[1]
- As a law student in London, Gandhi tried to adopt English customs, including taking dancing lessons.[1]
- Gandhi was so shy as a young man that at a London Vegetarian Society committee meeting he could not read out his own written arguments, so another member read them for him.[1]
- In 1910 Gandhi and his friend Hermann Kallenbach founded a community near Johannesburg that they named Tolstoy Farm.[1][3][4]
- During the Round Table conference in London, Gandhi turned down a West End hotel and stayed in the working-class East End, where local children gave him toys for his birthday.[1]
- Gandhi did not celebrate India's independence day. He spent 15 August 1947 in Calcutta fasting and spinning, appealing for peace.[1]
- Einstein wrote to Gandhi in 1931, and Gandhi replied; they hoped to meet but never did.[1][2][5][6]
- Mahatma Gandhi was alive at the same time as Freddie Mercury — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1946–1948).[1][2][7][8]
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political thinker who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is used worldwide.[1]
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Questions About Mahatma Gandhi
When was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, and died on January 30, 1948.
How old was Mahatma Gandhi at death?
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, and died on January 30, 1948, at age 78.
What was Mahatma Gandhi known for?
Mahatma Gandhi was known for: Nonviolent independence leader of India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political thinker who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is used worldwide.
Who was alive at the same time as Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi's closest contemporary was Henri Matisse. Their lives overlapped for 79 years.
Sources
- Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mahatma Gandhi (Q1001) — Wikidata
- Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
- Leo Tolstoy (Q7243) — Wikidata
- Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
- Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
- Freddie Mercury — Wikipedia
- Freddie Mercury (Q15869) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Mahatma-Gandhi, studio, 1931.jpg — Wikimedia Commons. Elliott & Fry, Public domain