International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It was established on 15 June 2007 according to United Nations...

Non-Violence, also known as The Knotted Gun, is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver...

Nations International Day of Non-Violence Archived 2017-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, 2008. see International Day of Non-Violence. Sharp...

the primary public and official observation of the United Nations International Day of Peace and Non-Violence in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, organized...

family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents Day. Internationally, many Mother's Day celebrations have different origins and traditions...

Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating...

United Nations celebrates Gandhi's birthday, October 2, as the International Day of Non-Violence. Other prominent advocates include Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Henry...

and violence, celebrated annually on November 19. The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day are set out in 'All the Six Pillars of International...

celebrates the day as International Day of Non-Violence. Called the "Father of The Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose, Gandhi espoused one of the most well known...

The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (or DENIP, acronym from Catalan: Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau) is an observance founded by the Spanish...

birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence". United Nations. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2014. "The 'Pledge', now 50, is the pride of Telugus!"...

(Kelappaji). The Sarvodaya Movement: Gandhian Approach to Peace and Non Violence, by S. Narayanasamy. New Delhi, Mittal Publications, 2003. ISBN 81-7099-877-8...

designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Resolution 54/134). The premise of the day is to raise awareness...

and other violence in Punjab, the movement sought to secure Swaraj, independence for India. Gandhi promised Swaraj within one year if his non-cooperation...

service of three civil rights workers. One of the speakers bitterly spoke out against Johnson's use of force in Vietnam, comparing it to violence used against...

Feast of the Guardian Angels National Grandparents Day (Italy) Gandhi's birthday-related observances: Gandhi Jayanti (India) International Day of Non-Violence...

21 days. Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa (non-violence) as well as satyagraha. "National hunger strike?". Gulf...

prevention of violence against women. The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in 1975, which had been proclaimed the International Women's...

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states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly presented as a day to remember the estimated 258,000...

Initiative will jointly organize the United Nations International Day of Non-Violence commemorating the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. In the past 15 years, the sangam...

which ultimately leads to violence. Gandhi called these missteps "passive violence", ‘which fuels the active violence of crime, rebellion, and war.’...

outbreaks of violence in Calcutta (now spelled Kolkata), Karachi, and Gujarat. Unlike his suspension of satyagraha after violence broke out during the Non-co-operation...

Quds Day (lit. 'Jerusalem Day'), officially known as International Quds Day (Persian: روز جهانی قدس, romanized: Ruz Jahâni Quds), is an annual pro-Palestinian...

establishing 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace – Peace Day. Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) –...

sessions of the conference. The conference appealed to the United Nations to declare Gandhi's birthday (October 2) as the International Day of Non-Violence. Subsequently...

International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working...

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the...

proposed that 30 January (the day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated) be observed as International Day of Non-Violence. This proposal was brought to her...

on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow...