During an event in Mumbai on the birth anniversary of Shrimad Rajchandra, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on November 27, said that if Mahatma Gandhi were alive today, he would have praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking forward the ‘Swachhta Abhiyan’. “...Mahatma Gandhi was the ‘Mahapurush’ of that 20th Century…PM Modi is the Yug Purush of this century… Today, India is a country full of talent. It has a population of 140 crores. Today, I feel if Rajchandra ji was alive today, he would have praised me for passing the bill of providing 1/3rd majority to women in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha on 21st September. If Mahatma Gandhi was alive today, he would have praised PM Modi for taking forward the ‘Swachhta Abhiyan’,” said Jagdeep Dhankhar.
28 November,2023 11:31 AM IST
Mumbai’s 100-year-old Laburnum road houses one of the most important pieces of our Indian history - Mani Bhavan. This quiet little building in Mumbai had been the residence of Mahatma Gandhi from 1917 to 1934 and is now converted into a Gandhi Memorial. This Gandhi Jayanti 2023, come with us as we explore Gandhiji’s home in Mumbai - the iconic Mani Bhavan.
29 September,2023 07:00 PM IST
India is holding the G20 Presidency this year and world leaders have arrived for G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi as a part of G20 Summit 2023. Leaders of the G20 nations reached Rajghat on September 10 and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed them and the leaders laid wreaths at Raj Ghat.
10 September,2023 11:57 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Mahatma Gandhi bust in Japan’s Hiroshima on May 20. PM Modi also paid floral tributes at the bust of Mahatma Gandhi. PM Modi arrived at Hiroshima on May 19 to attend 49th Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the invitation by Japanese PM. India is among the eight special invitees to the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima this week.
20 May,2023 02:05 PM IST | Mumbai
King of Bhutan Jigme Wangchuck paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi on April 04. Earlier in the day, NSA Ajit Doval met the King of Bhutan in Delhi. His visit to India comes at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu. King Wangchuck is on a three-day visit to India. On April 3, he met with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. King of Bhutan will meet PM Narendra Modi later in the day.
04 April,2023 01:28 PM IST | Mumbai
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 153rd birth anniversary at Rajghat, Delhi. #GandhiJayanti #PMModi #fatherofthenation
03 October,2022 09:38 PM IST
Actress Kangana Ranaut targets Mahatma Gandhi saying that he was one of the leaders who handed over freedom fighters to the British. She also criticised him for his principle of Ahimsa saying that 'offering another cheek' doesn't get independence.
17 November,2021 10:25 PM IST | Mumbai
A new book offers a startling new investigation on the political assassination of the Mahatma. The book titled The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir offers a fresh account of the events leading up to one of the most controversial political assassinations in contemporary history. In Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination story, there appears to be only one anti-hero— Nathuram Godse, but before him, a 20-year-old Pahwa, a refugee from Montgomery (today, Sahiwal) in Pakistan attempted to kill the Mahatma. He had witnessed the horrors and violence of the Partition, before he came to Bombay, and became a willing foot-soldier to kill Gandhi.
03 October,2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled the bust of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat. He also inaugurated a Traditional Medicine and Yoga Centre in Ashgabat.
11 July,2015 08:23 PM IST
Sarla Mehta, granddaughter of close friend and benefactor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Dr Pranjivan Mehta, is one of the few people alive who witnessed the assassination of Gandhi at very close range. Video by: Milind B Salvi, mid-day Story & video by: Team mid-day
02 October,2015 06:05 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
