Correct option is B
Sol: The correct answer is (b) 2019
- Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary was celebrated in 2019.
- He was born on 2nd October 1869, so his 150th birthday occurred in 2019.
- The event was marked with various commemorations across India and the world.
Key Points:
- Gandhi Jayanti is a day for remembrance of the values that Mahatma Gandhi represented, truth, non-violence, simplicity, and self-reliance.
- His idea of passive resistance and belief in the strength of truth and non-violence-Ahimsa are as relevant to the present times.
- Conflicts and violence appear to characterize human affairs in much of the world. It also brings to mind the role played by Gandhi in the Indian independence movement. In advocating non-violence, he displaced an oppressive regime without having to fight a war.
- His message of universal peace and tolerance has been recognised worldwide, in 2007 the United Nations declared that October 2 would be considered as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Information booster:
- Mahatma Gandhi shares his birthday, 2nd October, with Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second Prime Minister, born in 1904
- In 1930, Gandhi was honored as Time magazine’s Man of the Year, becoming the first and only Indian to achieve this distinction.
- Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times but never received the award.
- There are 53 roads in India and 48 roads internationally that are named after Mahatma Gandhi.
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