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Nelson Mandela International Day 2022: Significance, Interesting Facts and Inspirational Quotes

July 18, 2022
Bharat Times

Last Update: 18 July 2022, 07:00 IST

Nelson Mandela was the recipient of over 250 awards, including the Nobel Prize. (Image: Shutterstock)

Nelson Mandela International Day 2022: This day is celebrated around the world to celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid leader and carry forward his legacy for a better future.

Nelson Mandela International Day: The United Nations officially designated Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day in November 2009. Mandela Day is celebrated every year on 18 July, the birth anniversary of the former President of South Africa. The day is celebrated across the world to celebrate the achievements of the anti-apartheid leader and carry forward his legacy for a better future.

Mandela Day, also known as Nelson Mandela International Day, is a celebration of the South African leader’s 67-year-long fight against racial discrimination and human rights abuses. He was the first black president of the country. The day aims to inspire everyone to make a difference in their communities by following Mandela’s ideology and vision.

Nelson Mandela International Day: History

The United Nations officially designated Nelson Mandela International Day or Mandela Day in November 2009, with the first celebration taking place on July 18, 2010. Each year, Nelson Mandela International Day focuses on the legacy of a man whose enormous achievements changed the twentieth century. century.

He was the recipient of over 250 awards including the Nobel Prize. The United Nations General Assembly established the Nelson Mandela Prize in 2014 to honor those who have dedicated their lives to the service of humanity.

Interesting facts about Nelson Mandela

  1. Mandela’s birth name was Rolihlahla, which means ‘drawing a tree branch’ or ‘troublemaker’ in his tribe. On his first day of primary school, his teacher named him ‘Nelson’.
  2. Nelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel was previously married to the President of Mozambique, Samora Machel. After the death of her husband, she married
    Mandela on his 80th birthday.
  3. Nelson Mandela was fond of boxing.
  4. Nelson appeared in Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic Malcolm X
    Cameo appearance in the role of a teacher.
  5. In 1952, he founded the country’s first black law firm in Johannesburg after studying law at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Nelson Mandela inspirational quotes

1. “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change”
World”

(Image: Shutterstock)
(Image: Shutterstock)

2. “It’s in your hands, to make a better world for all who live”
This”

3. “A winner is a dreamer who never gives up”

(Image: Shutterstock)
(Image: Shutterstock)

4. “Victory over poverty is not an act of charity, whose work is it?
justice”.

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