International Personalities

Things to remember

• Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 AD in Florence, Italy.
• Florence Nightingale died on August 13, 1910 AD in London.
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujrat, in North West India.
• Mahatma Gandhi was a person who proposed the view of  “simple living high thinking”.
• Although Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, he never received it.
• Indians generally depict Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.