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PM Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries
•PM Modi urged citizens to purchase khadi and handicrafts products as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. PM Modi also shared some glimpses from his gallery in the 'Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya' in Delhi, which showcases Shastri's life journey and accomplishments
Lal Bahadur Shastri 118th birth anniversary: All you need to know about India's second PM
Trendingdesk •Coming from a modest background, Lal Bahadur Shastri had a strong admiration for Gandhi and went on to take significant positions during his political career.
Can tall tales 'short' circuit Rishi Sunak’s campaign?
Reshmi_dasgupta •It is a measure of the maturity of the Indian electorate that height has never been brought up as a relevant factor when assessing leaders
Resignation: It’s no more about moral benchmark in politics
Mishra •Politicians have reduced an act of high principle to a joke by making self-serving calls for resignation of political rivals at the drop of a hat.
Lal Bahadur Shastri death anniversary: All you need to know about India's second PM
Trendingdesk •Shastri, who played an integral role in the struggle for independence, was the prime Minister from June 1964 to January 1966
Indira Gandhi death anniversary: 15 facts about India's only woman prime minister
Trendingdesk •The only female prime minister of the country, Gandhi was known for the reforms she introduced such as the nationalisation of banks and abolition of privy purses of the royal families
Lal Bahadur Shastri birth anniversary: Political leaders commemorate ex-PM who coined slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'
Trendingdesk •Shastri was born in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on 2 October, 1904 and passed away on 11 January, 1966 after suffering a massive heart attack in Russia's Tashkent, where he signed a peace agreement between India and Pakistan post the 1965 war.
Narendra Modi at AMU: Political and ideological differences should be set aside for national goals, says PM
•The prime minister's remarks assume significance in the background of the nearly month-long farmers' protest against three farm laws enacted by the Centre
On Mahatma Gandhi's 151st birth anniversary, Kovind and Modi pay homage to Father of the Nation at Rajghat
•Gandhi Jayanti is also observed as International Day of Non-Violence after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to that effect on 15 June, 2007
Gandhi Jayanti 2020: Prayer services, cultural events set to mark the Mahatma’s 151st birth anniversary today
Trendingdesk •Gandhiji's birth anniversary is also marked as the International Day of Non-Violence after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare the same on 15 June, 2007