NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 71st death anniversary.
“On Martyrs’ Day, we gratefully remember Mahatma Gandhi and the countless freedom fighters who sacrificed their all for our Independence,” President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted on Martyrs Day.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also paid their homage to Mahatma Gandhi.Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa were also present at Rajghat.
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1948.Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in Birla House during his evening prayers.
Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite bhajan “Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram” was also played at Rajghat.Congress president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh also paid tributes to the Mahatma at his memorial.
Several Union ministers and senior leaders paid tributes to the Father of the Nation.The day is also observed as Martyrs’ Day. He was assassinated on this day in 1948.
PM Modi inaugurated a host of projects and will inaugurated the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial in Dandi on the occasion of Martyrs Day.
The memorial has statues of Mahatma Gandhi and 80 Satyagrahis who had marched with him during the historic Dandi Salt March.
