Gandhi Jayanti 2018 Wishes: Photos of Gandhiji, WhatsApp Messages, GIF Images, Facebook Status to Send Greetings on October 2, International Day of Non-Violence

October 2, the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti in India and across the world. Gandhiji is also known as Father of the nation. Gandhi Jayanti is marked with many cultural and traditional events in the country. On this day talks on the principles of non-violence and Satyagraha that Bapu followed are held across countries. People wish each other with patriotic greetings, messages, GIF Images and photos of Mahatma Gandhi remembering his contribution to India's independence struggle.

We have compiled a list of English WhatsApp messages, Facebook status, SMS, GIFs you can send your friends, family and others on Gandhi Jayanti. Gandhi Jayanti is known as International Day of non-violence worldwide. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly established October 2 as the International Day of Non-Violence. Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2018: Importance and Significance of Celebrating The Birthday of Father of The Nation

Born on October 2, 1869, he popularly known as Bapu. He married Kasturba Gandhi at an early age of 13 and then went to study law at the University College in London. He returned to India at 1916 at began his non-violent war against British rule in India. He led the freedom struggle in India and pioneered many movements crippling British's hold in India. Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on January 30, 1948, at the age of 78. Gandhi Jayanti 2018 Speeches in English and Hindi: Watch Videos of Inspiring Speeches to Deliver on Bapu's 149th Birth Anniversary on 2nd October

Check out the messages here:

The Father of the Nation With the Tools of Truth and Nonviolence, Freed Our Nation From Imperialism, Follow Path of Truth and Wisdom, Pay Homage to This Great Leader on Gandhi Jayanti 2018 and Always.

Happiness Is When What You Think, What You Say and What You Do Are in Harmony. On Gandhi Jayanti, Let’s Pay Our Tributes to the Messiah of Non-Violence & Take Leadership in Creating Better Polity in India, to Build a Best India!

May the Spirit of Truth and Non-Violence Be With Us in This Gandhi Jayanti.

G = Great

A = Amazing

N = Nationalist

D = Daring

H = Honest

I = Indian

Happy Birthday 'Father of the Nation'

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Some of the initiatives by Gandhi during British Raj in India that yielded fruits are Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement and Quit India Movement. Gandhi embedded the feeling of belongingness, a spirit of brotherhood through his speeches and satyagraha that inspired masses to take up the path or resist British rule and eventually overthrown the colonial rule in India.

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