Editing Mahatma Gandhi (section)

=== Global days that celebrate Gandhi ===
In 2007, the [[United Nations General Assembly]] declared Gandhi's birthday, 2 October, as "the [[International Day of Non-Violence|International Day of Nonviolence]]".<ref name="UN declares 2 October, Gandhi's birthday, as International Day of Nonviolence">{{cite web|title=UN declares 2 October, Gandhi's birthday, as International Day of Nonviolence|url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22926&Cr=non&Cr1=violence|publisher=UN News Centre|access-date=2 April 2012|date=15 June 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123011319/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22926&Cr=non&Cr1=violence|archive-date=23 January 2012}}</ref> First proposed by UNESCO in 1948, as the School Day of Nonviolence and Peace (DENIP in Spanish),<ref name="cartadelapaz">{{cite web |url=http://www.cartadelapaz.org/portal_cp/anoticies_detall.php?id=682 |title=School Day of Nonviolence And Peace |date=30 January 2009 |work=Letter of Peace addressed to the UN |publisher=cartadelapaz.org |access-date=9 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101164628/http://www.cartadelapaz.org/portal_cp/anoticies_detall.php?id=682 |archive-date=1 November 2011 }}</ref> 30 January is observed as the [[School Day of Non-violence and Peace|School Day of Nonviolence and Peace]] in schools of many countries.<ref name="DENIP">{{cite web |url=http://denip.webcindario.com/denip.english.html |title=DENIP: School Day of Nonviolence and Peace |author=Eulogio Díaz del Corral |date=31 January 1983 |work=DENIP |access-date=30 January 2012 |language=es |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227082217/http://denip.webcindario.com/denip.english.html |archive-date=27 February 2012}}</ref> In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it is observed on 30 March.<ref name="DENIP" />