Mohandas Gandhi’s Birthday – Anniversary

The Indian political and spiritual leader who achieved world honor and fame for his advocacy of nonviolent resistance as a weapon against tyranny was born at Porbandar, India. He was assassinated in the garden ofhis home at New Delhi, Jan 30, 1948. On the anniversary of Gandhis birth (Gandhi Jayanti) thousands gather at the park on the Jumna River at Delhiwhere Gandhis body was cremated. Hymns are sung; verses from the Gita, the Koran and the Bible are recited; and cotton thread is spun on small spinning wheels (one of Gandhis favorite activities).