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Martyrs’ Day 2021: Occasion marks death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi; Modi, Ram Nath Kovind pay tributes
Trendingdesk •Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to write that Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals 'continue to motivate millions' even today
Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom Day 2020: All you need to know about day observed in memory of 9th Sikh Guru
Trendingdesk •Guru Tegh Bahadur, who was born in Amritsar, is remembered as the man who championed the rights for religious freedom
Shaheed Diwas 2020: Why India pays tributes to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev on this day
Trendingdesk •Shaheed Diwas is observed on 23 March to mark the occasion when freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged to death by the British in 1931
Martyrs' Day 2020: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind, Sonia Gandhi pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary at Rajghat
•The nation on Thursday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 72th death anniversary with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the country in paying homage to the Father of Nation.
J&K administration adds 'Accession Day', drops ex-CM Sheikh Abdullah's birth anniversary, Martyrs' Day from list of holidays for 2020
•The Jammu and Kashmir administration has dropped ex-chief minister Sheikh Abdullah's birth anniversary and Martyrs' Day from its list of public holidays for 2020, but 26 October which is observed as 'Accession Day' figures in it
Organisations representing Kashmiri Pandits observe 13 July as 'Black Day', hold demonstration in Jammu
•Several organisations representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits observed 13 July as 'Black Day'.
Shooting Gandhi's effigy was not the only time the Hindu Mahasabha has been 'anti-Indian': A look at past instances
Fp Staff •On Mahatma Gandhi's 71st death anniversary on Wednesday, the general secretary of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha recreated Gandhi's assassination by shooting at an effigy with a toy gun but this was not the first situation where the Hindu Mahasabha has gone against India and its national symbols.
Martyrs' Day: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind, several political leaders remember Mahatma Gandhi on social media
Fp Staff •President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and several Union ministers, political leaders and prominent figures took to social media to remember Mahatma Gandhi on his 71st death anniversary, observed as Martyrs' Day.
Bhagat Singh's 87th death anniversary: Despite political appropriations, freedom fighter remains youth icon
Aadityatiwari •Bhagat Singh remains one of India's youth icons even eighty-seven years after being hanged. He is also, arguably, one of the most contested revolutionaries.
Mahatma Gandhi death anniversary: Narendra Modi, Ram Nath Kovind pay tribute at Rajghat
Fp Staff •Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and many political leaders on reached Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Tuesday