Sonia and Rahul Gandhi takes part in 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra'
News | October 02, 2019 15:17 ISTSonia and Rahul Gandhi takes part in 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra'. This padyatra of the Congress party will end at Rajghat.
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi takes part in 'Gandhi Sandesh Yatra'. This padyatra of the Congress party will end at Rajghat.
On Gandhi Jayanti, PM to declare India Open Defecation-Free; a look at how India transformed over the years
The students, all from government-run primary schools, were recently asked to write a letter to Bapu. The concept has given a food for thought to the young minds who have been penning down their feelings on postcards, Sabarmati Ashram's director Atul Pandya told PTI.
Addressing a rally, Amit Shah said that awareness of cleanliness in the country has started since the arrival of Modi Government
President Kovind, PM Modi, Vice President pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Birth Anniversary
October 2 marks Gandhi Jayanti. It is Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. The day is observed across the world as International Day of Non-Violence. The world is aware of Mahatma Gandhi, also popularly called Bapu or Father of the nation, and his tireless contribution to India's freedom struggle. Here are some lesser-known facts about Mahatma Gandhi, and his life:
Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2019: On his birth anniversary this year, join us as we remember Mahatma Gandhi
Before Nathuram Godse shot him in the chest in the grounds of Birla House in Delhi on January 30, 1948, there were four to five attempts on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, one of them in Pune 14 years earlier.
It was a stormy, January day in 1924. Mahatma Gandhi was brought into the Sassoon Hospital for an operation to remove his appendix. But then the power went off due to the raging thunderstorm, and a flashlight was used but that too flickered to death while the British army surgeon was wielding the scalpel. Finally a hurricane lamp came to the rescue.
A short handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhi 80-years-ago on the same day the World War II broke out, wishing the "afflicted (Jewish) people" an "era of peace", has been unveiled for the first time by the National Library of Israel.
A medley of devotional songs was performed during Howdy Modi event in Houston to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
World leaders paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth at a United Nations event. PM Modi spoke of Gandhi's ability to affect change through non-violent means and impact lives billions of people from all over the world
The stamps were issued at the Presidential Palace. India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) share values of peace, non-violence and pluralism. Zayed-Gandhi digital museum on peace, tolerance and sustainability was mounted earlier this year in Abu Dhabi to showcase the shared values and legacy of Baba Zayed and Mahatma Gandhi.
According to some MPs present in the meeting, Modi said these yatras will be "apolitical" with special focus on villages to make them self-reliant. It will also aim at promoting plantation drive and zero budget farming in villages, they said.
A room christened 'Bapuji Kakhya' in the school as a mark of honour to the 'father of the nation' was also found ransacked, with cigarette butts and empty liquor bottles strewn around, a police officer said.
Speaking on the occasion, Sayeed called Mahatma Gandhi a "global apostle of peace, an extraordinary soul, who left behind an eternal message of peace, unity and non-violence". He said the Gandhian ideology is as relevant to the world today as it was during his lifetime.
Choudhari posted the tweet a day after the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Bhopal (and now an MP), Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, said Nathuram Godse was a true patriot.
“Almost 508 toilets were built under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Icchawari village of Dibai tehsil. It was found that in 13 of those toilets had tiles with symbols of Mahatma Gandhi and Ashok Chakra,” Amarjeet Singh, District Panchayati Raj Officer, said.
IAS officer Nidhi Choudhari's tweet had kicked off a controversy in Maharashtra. Political parties demanded action against her for her tweet. The tweet has since been deleted.
The Gandhi Hall was built in Lenasia after the apartheid-era government demolished the original Gandhi Hall in the city center where the lawyer, who would become the Mahatma, held many community meetings to mobilize the local community into protesting the unjust laws of the time.
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