New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) India remembered the father of the nation on his sesquicentennial on Wednesday with various events and ‘padyatras’, even as the day saw the BJP and the Congress trying to claim…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the icon of peace, has been honoured by over 100 countries by issuing postage stamps. India, of course, led the world in releasing postage stamp on the…
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Calling for job creation and protecting the natural ecosystem to promote a sacred economy, Gandhians on Wednesday re-enacted Mahatma Gandhi’s famous ‘satyagraha’ here on his sesquicentennial. “By sacred economy, we mean…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) From schoolchildren in Kazakhstan drawing pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, to Lebanon issuing a commemorative stamp on him, to walks for peace and tolerance held in many cities, the world paid…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned an op-ed piece in The New York Times, calling Gandhi as the “best…
BY RAJNISH SINGH New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the country celebrates Mahatma Gandhis 150th birth anniversary amid economic slowdown and questions over polity, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi President Ramchandra Rahi said the Father of the…
BY RAJNISH SINGH New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite his unique relationship with Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel “never accepted his leadership blindly”, according to Tushar Arun Gandhi, the great-grandson of the Father of the Nation….
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 600 prisoners, convicted of offences other than murder, rape and corruption, will be released from 150 jails across the country on Wednesday, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi….
Bhagalpur, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) With few takers for Gandhian values in the present times, the Department of Gandhian Thought at Tilka Majhi University in Bhagalpur, which once attracted students in large numbers, is now struggling…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, Google Maps now lists over 57,000 public toilets in over 2,300 cities across the country, the company announced on…
By Rohan Agarwal New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Once on the verge of being forgotten, Bapu’s beloved fabric Khadi is back in the mainstream and has been ruling the fabric market like never before. Pime…
By Rohan Agarwal New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) On August 15, 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Swachh Bharat Mission, the aim was to bring alive Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India. On…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mahatma Gandhi may have gained popularity in South Africa after he was thrown out of the first class compartment of the train and then for his fight…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is the eternal riddle, one that for most remains in the realm of unsolved mysteries. Of course, Netaji is now part of myth. His exploits part of legend as…
New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) M.A. Jinnah never trusted Mahatma Gandhi even as the latter had proposed his name for the post of first Prime Minister of Independent India, according to a book and historical…
Paris, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A life-size hologram of Mahatma Gandhi participated in a dialogue with panellists at the fourth Ahinsa Lecture here, organised by the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable…
Patna, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) If the story of Gandhi becoming ‘Mahatma’ began in Bihar’s Champaran, it reached its crescendo in the state’s Bhagalpur district, where he united the people for the freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi…
Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mahatma Gandhi had taken some crucial decisions in Tamil Nadu in his fight against the British for freedom, that included turning into what is famously described as the “half-naked fakir”, 98-years…
Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mahatma Gandhi had taken some crucial decisions in Tamil Nadu in his fight against the British for freedom, that included turning into what is famously described as the “half-naked fakir”, 98-years…
By Manoj Pathak Motihari, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) During Mahatma Gandhi’s first satyagrah in Champaran in 1917, it was Bhitiharwa village in Motihari which caught his attention. Gandhi laid the foundation of a school here but…