India, Oct. 2 -- October 2, 2026 witness as the celebration of Gandhi Jayanti 2026, commemorating the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in Porbandar in the year 1869. Not only is this day a national event, but it is also acknowledged worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence since 2007, after being declared as such by a resolution adopted at the General Assembly session that year with the support of 140 co-sponsoring countries. His ideas have also influenced civil-rights and social-change movements around the world.

There is yet another significant way in which the date has been related to Indian public life. The Swachh Bharat Mission began in India on October 2, 2014, as an attempt to clean up the nation a...