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Gandhi Jayanti: Leaders pay tributes at Rajghat, Sabarmati Ashram holds all-religion prayer meet

The nation remembered Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, revered freedom fighters, both of whom were born on October 2.

Written by Express Web Desk

October 2, 2023 13:52 IST

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi and the Father of the Nation, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, leaders across party lines paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the Rajghat in Delhi. (Photo by Nandagopal Rajan)

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President Droupadi Murmu paid tributes to Gandhi and said that his thoughts were not 'merely idle musings, but an outcome of his sustained practice'. (PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary, at Rajghat in New Delhi. (PTI photo)

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat. (PTI photo)

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Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Gujarat came up in 1917. It was from here that Gandhi led the Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, on March 12, 1930. (Express photo)

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To celebrate the 154th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, among the activities held at the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram was a talk attended by school students, held by Mani Bhavan's Dr Usha Thakkar. (Express photo)

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On the occasion, the Ashram held an all-religion prayer meeting. Also, in collaboration with India Post, it launched two special sets of Khadi postcards. (Express photo)

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