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Major Indian political leaders today paid floral tribute to independence leader "Mahatma" Gandhi, on the day that marks 140 years since his birth.
When are the song 'Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram' a favorite of Gandhi, hundreds of people gathered around the mound that marks the point where the defense of pacifism was cremated in 1948, India news agency IANS .
The ceremony was led by the Indian President, Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and also featured assistance of the leader of the ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, LK Advani.
also representatives of religions Buddhist, Baha'i, Christian, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Jain, all present in India. Under
heat, and between tight security, hundreds of people gathered at the memorial to offer their own tributes.
'I come here every year with my grandfather to pay homage to' Mahatma 'Gandhi', told IANS Shivalik, a girl of 12 who took the day is a holiday for schoolchildren.
In recent days, several associations have organized a series retrospective on the life and work of Gandhi with the aim of young people to learn their lessons and know the role he played in the way of India to independence from the British Empire, achieved in 1947.
addition, a 'Peace March' travel today several streets of New Delhi in protest against the attacks they have suffered in recent weeks, Indian Christian groups in different regions of the country.
'In the present scenario when innocents are killed in communal violence and terrorist attacks, we need to spread the message of peace, harmony and nonviolence of Gandhi, "said Father Emanuel convener of the march.
The event this year coincides with the beginning of the feast of Eid Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting holy month of Ramadan or and is used by the faithful to take to the streets of the country, where Muslims constitute about 13 percent of the population.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as 'Mahatma' ('Great Soul') Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the current eastern India's Gujarat.
After several years of education in the United Kingdom, Gandhi began his doctrine of civil disobedience in South Africa, where he was expelled from a wagon for not being white.
Back in India, led the peaceful resistance movement against the British Empire, with a message of harmony between different religions that bet on the diversity of the subcontinent.
New Delhi, October. 01 (ANDINA) .- The India celebrates the 140th anniversary of the birth of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, with religious services and offerings in honor of a spiritual leader and most respected politicians of the twentieth century. In New Delhi, the main pilgrimage site is the memorial Raj Ghat, where his remains were cremated after his assassination on January 30, 1948.
On the eve of the date, holiday declared Nationally, the President of India, Pratibha Patil, urged his countrymen to follow the example of Gandhi.
His leadership inspired millions to join the cause of freedom and independence, Patil said in a message to the nation. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
, his real name, was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2, 1869.
At age 13 he married Kasturba, a girl the same age in a marriage arranged by her parents, and had four children.
After graduating from law in London, accepted a contract to work as a lawyer in South Africa, where he developed a method of social action against British colonialism, based on the principles of nonviolence.
After returning to India in 1914, Gandhi became the leader of the local nationalist movement until 1947, when Britain granted independence to the country, but not before establishing the division of the nation into two states, India and Pakistan.
The partition of the country provoked clashes between Hindus and Muslims, so that Gandhi began a fast on January 13, 1948 to stop the bloodshed.
January 30 of that year he was assassinated by a fanatic of his own religion, when top leaders of both groups are committed to achieving peace.
In his honor, the United Nations declared the birthday of Gandhi as the International Day of Non Violence.
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