International Day of Non-Violence is observed every year on the day of Gandhi Jayanti, October 2. The day was recognised by the United Nations in 2007 and marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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People looking to experience something extraordinary on the occasion of the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday can head to Delhi’s National Gandhi Museum where the heartbeats of the father of the nation has been made available.

Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi’s heartbeat can be heard at this museum?

Today is October 2nd, Mahatma Gandhi's 152nd birth anniversary. While Indians know Mahatma Gandhi as a towering freedom fighter, the world knows him as a social reformer and politician, the man who beat the British empire.

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A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000 (about 288,000 euros, $340,000), the auction house said.

Gandhi's iconic glasses sell for $340,000 in UK

With a number of events lined up across the nation, India will be celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi today. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has extended its Gandhi Sankalp Yatra by a period of three months, according to a circular issued to the party leaders.

India celebrates 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi today

Remembering Gandhi has turned into a political contest between liberal parties and RSS-BJP combine in India. Unlike in the past when RSS stayed away from open appropriation of Gandhi, the Congress and other like-minded parties did whatever they wanted to do with the national icon.

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It was about half a century ago when the image of Mahatma Gandhi first appeared on the commemorative currency note of rupees 100 on the occasion birth centenary of the father of the nation.

Gandhi first appeared on currency note on his birth centenary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sanitation Convention

Gandhi should be remembered for his idea of India which was not to build an exclusive cultural identity.

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