Posted by: nohup May 16, 2016
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Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace prize five times and the committee regrets not giving him the prize to this day.
Gandhi believed that walking is the best exercise and walked around 18 km every day, for 40 years!
His civil disobedience movement which inspired thousands across the globe was itself inspired by a Briton, Henry Stephens Salt, who introduced Gandhi to the works of Henry David Thoreau which had a profound impact on his thinking.
Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 12 countries across four continents.
He spoke English with an Irish accent, for one of his first teachers was an Irishman.
While in South Africa, Gandhi promoted football in his non-violent campaigns and helped establish three football clubs in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi and wore circular glasses as a tribute to the great man.
He corresponded with a lot of prominent personalities of his time including Leo Tolstoy, Einstein and Hitler.
Great Britain—the very country he fought against in India’s quest for independence—released a stamp in his honor in 1969.
The clothes he wore when he was shot are still preserved in Gandhi Museum, Madurai.
Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/mahatma-gandhi-55.php#W1ARgksmmpE8aFkW.99
Gandhi believed that walking is the best exercise and walked around 18 km every day, for 40 years!
His civil disobedience movement which inspired thousands across the globe was itself inspired by a Briton, Henry Stephens Salt, who introduced Gandhi to the works of Henry David Thoreau which had a profound impact on his thinking.
Gandhi was responsible for the Civil Rights movement in 12 countries across four continents.
He spoke English with an Irish accent, for one of his first teachers was an Irishman.
While in South Africa, Gandhi promoted football in his non-violent campaigns and helped establish three football clubs in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a fan of Mahatma Gandhi and wore circular glasses as a tribute to the great man.
He corresponded with a lot of prominent personalities of his time including Leo Tolstoy, Einstein and Hitler.
Great Britain—the very country he fought against in India’s quest for independence—released a stamp in his honor in 1969.
The clothes he wore when he was shot are still preserved in Gandhi Museum, Madurai.
Read more at http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/mahatma-gandhi-55.php#W1ARgksmmpE8aFkW.99