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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, On June 7, 1893, Mohandas K. Gandhi, who became 
3known the world over as Mahatma Gandhi or Gandhi, was evicted 
4from a train after refusing to give up his first class seat 
5because the compartment was reserved for whites only; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Gandhi's experience led to the movement of 
7Satyagraha, which is a peaceful nonviolence resistance on the 
8principles of Ahimsa; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Gandhi was a proponent for the principles of 
10Ahimsa as he led and inspired movements for civil rights and 
11freedom across the world; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Gandhi adopted nonviolence as a philosophy and an 
13ideal way of life; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Gandhi was a leader in India's movement to earn 
15independence from the United Kingdom through the means of 
16using nonviolence, and he subsequently influenced leaders 
17around the world in pursuit of freedom and civil rights, 
18including South African anti-apartheid activist and politician 
19Nelson Mandela and American minister and activist Dr. Martin 
20Luther King Jr.; therefore, be it
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 7, 2024 
3as "Global Gandhi Youth Mission Day" in the State of Illinois; 
4and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That we encourage others to be the change they 
6want to see in the world; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the Gandhi Memorial Foundation of Chicago as a 
9symbol of peace.