Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his 69th death anniversary

January 30th 1948, the day Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse, is also celebrated as Martyrs' Day.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Gujarat's Porbandar on October 2, 1869, and was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. | Express Archives 

The honourific Mahatma, applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa, is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu and Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the 'Father of the Nation'. He was shot on January 30, 1948, by Nathuram Godse, in New Delhi. (File | Agencies)

In 1921, on becoming the leader of Indian National Congress, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, ending untouchability, and achieving Swaraj or self-rule. (File | AFP)

Gandhi was imprisoned for many years, in both South Africa and India. He attempted to practise non-violence and truth in all situations, and advocated the same to everyone. | Express Archives

Gandhi lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn hand-spun on a charkha. (File | PTI)