A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000
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Mahatma Gandhi’s statue defaced in Odisha’s Angul district
Red paint was smeared on the Mahatma Gandhi’s statue located on the premises of Mandapal hospital.
International Day of Non-Violence 2019: Date, significance of the day to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
International Day of Non-Violence is a global observance that promotes non-violence through education and public awareness
It’s Viral! Prankster puts glowing red eyes on Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in San Francisco
A prankster added red lights to the eyes of the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi near the Ferry Building. The photos of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue are now going viral on social media!
Maharashtra IAS officer Nidhi Choudhari transferred over anti-Gandhi tweets
An officer of the 2012 IAS batch, Choudhari has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Water Supply and Sanitation Department in the state headquarters.
London Book Fair: India Pavilion focuses on Mahatma Gandhi
London: With a special focus on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, the India Pavilion at the ongoing London Book Fair is displaying the digitised version of the ‘Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi’ and titles on Indian culture, history and folklore. An interactive digital media experience on life and times of[Read More…]
CWC meeting to be held in Gujarat after 58 years
Ahmedabad: After almost six decades, a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, will be held in Mahatma Gandhi’s Gujarat. All the top party leaders will attend the meet here on February 28. Briefing the media here on Monday, Congress’s Gujarat unit President Amit Chavda[Read More…]
Remembering Kasturba Gandhi: Mother of the Nation
Whenever we talk about history of freedom struggle, the first name comes to our mind is Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi. But as it is rightly said that there is always a woman behind a man’s success. The Independence movement was led by Mahatma Gandhi but there was also a woman[Read More…]
“If Ravan’s, then why not Gandhi’s effigy?” say seers following recreation of Bapu’s assassination
“If we can burn the effigy of Ravan then what is wrong in burning the effigy of Gandhi?”, says Seer Saraswati.
Watch: Hindu Mahasabha recreates Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination; shoots Bapu’s effigy in Aligarh
Read this story in Hindi Aligarh: On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 71st death anniversary also celebrated a Martyr’s Day, while the nation hails Gandhi for his contribution to India’s freedom struggle, the Hindu Mahasabha held Gandhi responsible for India’s partition in Uttar Pradesh’ Aligarh on Wednesday. In a shocking incident[Read More…]
From non-violence to happiness: Mahatma Gandhi’s top 10 quotes that are still relevant today
Born on October 2, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Bapu was one of the more popular freedom fighters instrumental in leading India to freedom from British servitude. Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world and advocated non-violence in India’s struggle for freedom. Popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi,[Read More…]
Mahatma Gandhi 71st Death Anniversary: All about Bapu’s assassination
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fondly known as “Father of Nation”, was not just a leader but also a visionary. Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to freedom from the oppressive British colonial rule, was assassinated on January 30, 1948 at the age of 78. Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic, was found[Read More…]
Martyr’s Day: Embracing the Gandhian Art of Dialogue for a Better Future
Gandhi’s life exemplified inclusive growth, bringing people together for common good. His example serves as a mirror for leadership in promoting dialogue and community development.
Singer Will Smith cites Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru in his ‘define love’ video
On many occasion Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has said that “Congress is all about love.” “Show them love, even if they abuse you” teaches Gandhi to his party leaders. And it seems that these magical words has impressed Hollywood actor-singer Will Smith. Smith recently shared a video on his Instagram[Read More…]
Mahatma Gandhi led a bloodless revolution: Vice President
New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday remembered Mahatma Gandhi as one of the greatest revolutionaries the world has ever seen, whose “bloodless revolution” inspired great leaders like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. “Mahatma Gandhi is one of the greatest revolutionaries the world has ever seen, only[Read More…]
India’s Independence with Maulana Azad’s ‘India Wins Freedom’
The book India Wins Freedom gives a detailed description and analysis of the formation of India and the meaning of India partitioned ‘Pakistan’. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is a person who is the custodian of being a pacifist, well-read, peace-loving, an intellectual of secularism, sovereignty and a man of his[Read More…]
Head shaved 103 times; never sported bald cap to play Gandhi in 28 years
Suresh Kumar Hajju has loved to play the role of Mahatma Gandhi so much that he has made it a routine job for himself. Grade three employee in the state electricity board by profession, Hajju has been playing the role of Mahatma Gandhi since his student life and has got[Read More…]
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan: Kisan Kranti Padyatra; police shot farmers
Farmers have been stopped during ‘Kisan Kranti Padyatra’ at Delhi-UP border. Police use live bullets after water cannons, tear gas shells and water cannon to disperse protesters at Delhi-UP border. Multiple farmers reported injured and taken to the hospital. A massive march of farmers gathers at Delhi-Up border. Security arrangements[Read More…]
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi washes utensils at Sevagram Ashram on Gandhi Jayanti
In an attempt to send out the message of “simplicity” on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Congress leaders including party chief Rahul Gandhi were seen washing utensils at Sevagram, Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram in Wardha on Tuesday, October 2. During the Congress Working Committee meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
Congress leadership at Gandhiji’s Wardha ashram, to launch poll campaign
Nagpur: Top Congress leadership, including party chief Rahul Gandhi, has converged at the historic Sevagram Ashram in Wardha in Maharashtra amid indications that it will launch its 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign on Tuesday, coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, party officials said. Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi,[Read More…]
Unfading ballad of ‘Quit India Movement’ that brainstorm India to rise against the British for Independence
India remembers 8th August for its nationalist stir ‘Quit India Movement’. It was the year 1942, World War II was going on. Fearing attacks from Japan, the British had proposed Indians to cooperate with them in the war. If Indians cooperate the British in the war, they will free India[Read More…]
To spread message of cleanliness, PM to flag off Swachhagraha Express
New Delhi: To commemorate 100 years of the Champaran Satyagraha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to flag off Swachhagraha Express, an exhibition train, from Motihari in Bihar next month to re-emphasise the spirit of cleanliness, or Swachhata, a value that was close to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart. As part of[Read More…]
Documents show larger conspiracy behind Gandhi’s murder, SC told
New Delhi: Pankaj Phadnis, who has sought the reopening of a probe into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, on Monday told the Supreme Court that he has accessed documents that show a “larger conspiracy” behind the murder. Mumbai-based Phadnis told the bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara[Read More…]
Congress demands apology from Modi over ‘insinuations’ on Pakistan links
The Congress on Monday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to former Vice President Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for insinuating that they were colluding with Pakistan to defeat the BJP in the Gujarat elections. Perceiving a “clear defeat” in Gujarat, the Prime Minister was “frustrated[Read More…]
Tushar Gandhi opposes Mahatma assassination’s reprobe, SC questions his locus standi
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Tushar Gandhi on Monday opposed any re-investigation into the assassination of the Father of the Nation but the Supreme Court questioned his locus standi. The querry from a bench headed by Justice S.A. Bobde came as senior counsel Indira Jaising told the court that she[Read More…]