India observed Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas on which date?

Gandhi's Ideals of Non-Violence & Communal Harmony

Gandhi’s Ideals of Non-Violence & Communal Harmony

Recently, India observed Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas on January 30, to pay tribute to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country.

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Context: Recently, India observed Martyrs’ Day or Shaheed Diwas on January 30, to pay tribute to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country.

The day is marked as the death anniversary of the nation’s ‘Bapu’, Mahatma Gandhi.
On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse shot Gandhiji at Birla House after evening prayer.
2023 marked 75 years since Mahatma Gandhi fell to an assassin’s

Lessons from Gandhiji Life

Mahatma Gandhi always followed the path of truth and non-violence.
Ahimsa Parmo Dharma: He adopted truth and non-violence to free the country from the slavery of the British and won.
According to him, people of India could not be truly free without social emancipation, economic empowerment
He stressed on shared sense of solidarity and empathy transcending multiple identities of language, religion and cultural traditions.
Gandhiji gets the credit for transforming an idea of Indian independence among a small educated and English-speaking elite into a mass and people-centred movement.
He gave the struggle for freedom a vernacular dimension, rooted in India’s own civilisational heritage.
He suggested that, after India gained independence in 1947, the Congress must disbanded itself as a political party and remained a mass movement dedicated to the social and economic transformation of the people of India.

Conclusion

As we celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, we need to ingrain Gandhian values of non-violence, inclusiveness and communal harmony, which enabled India to establish a unique democracy achieving momentous economic and social transformation through the ballot box rather than through the barrel of the gun.

Famous Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Be the change that you want to see in the world.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
An ounce of patience is worth more than a tonne of preaching.
“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”