Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary is on January 30. In India, it is remembered as Martyr’s Day. Gandhiji was one of the prominent freedom fighters of the country. India knows Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.

⬧ Every year 30 January is celebrated as Martyr’s Day in memory of the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
⬧ Born on October 02, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat, Gandhiji’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
⬧ In the year 1893, Gandhiji went to South Africa in connection with a case and there he felt deep discrimination against blacks and Indians.
⬧ He is remembered for India’s struggle for independence from the British and his policy of truth and non-violence.
⬧ Gandhiji named his entire non-violent work method as ‘Satyagraha’. For him Satyagraha meant using pure soul force against all forms of injustice, tyranny and exploitation.
⬧ Gandhiji was also a great educationist, he believed that the social, moral and economic progress of a country ultimately depended on education.
⬧ On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse shot and killed the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
⬧ Gandhiji was 78 years old at the time of his assassination, Nathuram Godse shot Gandhiji on his way to a prayer meeting at Birla House in Delhi.
⬧ Gandhi’s opponents consider Gandhiji responsible for the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan and Nathuram Godse also gave the same argument for killing Gandhiji. Nathuram Godse and co-conspirator Narayan Apte were hanged on November 15, 1949, for the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
⬧ On the death anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Liquor Prohibition Resolution Day’ is being organized in Madhya Pradesh.
⬧ The main objective of this event is to make the youth and all sections of the society aware of the harmful effects of alcohol and drugs.