Mahatma Gandhiji

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi affectionately called Bapu (2 October 1869 – 30
January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the
Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha, firmly
founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence, which led India to
independence.He is officially honoured in India as the "Father of the
Nation"; and his birthday, 2nd October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti,
a national holiday, and world-wide as the International Peace Day.

One of the significant figure of the India independence movement and the
third Prime Minister of independent India, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri was
born on 2 Oct 1904 at Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh. All his lifetime,
Shastri was known for honesty and humility. He was the first person to be
posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. He was immoralised by famous quotes
such as "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" ("Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer") and
"If one person
gives up one meal in a day, some other person gets his only meal of the day".