This Article is From Jan 30, 2014

Nation remembers Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on death anniversary

Nation remembers Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on death anniversary

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh salutes as he pays homage at Rajghat, the memorial of India's founding father Mahatma Gandhi, on Martyrs' Day in New Delhi on January 30, 2014, the 66th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination.

New Delhi: The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leading the country in paying homage to the Father of the Nation.

Mr Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Dr Singh paid floral tributes at Gandhi's memorial in Rajghat in New Delhi.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Defence Minister AK Antony, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, senior BJP leaders LK Advani and chiefs of three services paid tributes to the Father of the Nation at his memorial.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his cabinet ministers - Rakhi Birla, Somnath Bharti, Satyendra Jain - also paid homage to the father of nation.

Besides, number of central ministers, leaders of various political parties and people from different walks of life also paid homage to Gandhi.

A multi-faith prayer service was also organised with religious leaders of Hindus, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Jains, Parsis and Sikhs participating in the programme.

Devotional songs were sung on the occasion.

Around 250 students from different schools were present during the programme.
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