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Nation celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

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The nation on Tuesday is celebrating 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. Gandhi led India's independence movement against the British colonialists with stirring speeches while advocating non-violence.

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By AP Oct 2, 2018 12:20:21 PM IST (Updated)

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President Ram Nath Kovind pays his respects to Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, during his birth anniversary at Rajghat, a memorial dedicated to Gandhi, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi pays her respects to Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, during his birth anniversary at Rajghat, a memorial dedicated to Gandhi, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Mahatma Gandhi popularly knows as Bapu, which means father, led India's independence movement against the British colonialists with stirring speeches while advocating non-violence. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays his respects to Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, during his birth anniversary at Rajghat, a memorial dedicated to Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Tri Dewi Virgiyanti, a delegate from Indonesia who came to India to participate in the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) being held in New Delhi, tries her hand on spinning wheel during a visit to the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on September 30, 2018. MGISC, a 4-day event that will bring together sanitation ministers and sector specialists from around the world aims to share sanitation success stories and lessons from the participating countries and will culminate on October 2, 2018, with the launch of the Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth year celebrations in India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi is seen on the cover of a book on Buddhism displayed at a bookshop in Dharmsala, India. Buddhism, as a philosophy, insists on non-violence, a concept used by Gandhi in leading a resistance to the British rule in India. Tuesday marks the birth anniversary of Gandhi. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

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School children stand dressed as Mahatma Gandhi at a school in Ahmedabad on October 1, 2018. Tuesday marks the beginning of celebrations of Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi sit in a formation to make a sketch of Gandhi's face at a school in Ahmedabad on October 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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Student dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participates in a march as people look on in Mumbai on October 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Student dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participates in a march as people look on in Mumbai on October 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Students dressed as Mahatma Gandhi and his 'Satyagrahis' participate in a march in Mumbai on October 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Local residents pay their respects in front of a bust of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, in an early morning prayer session to mark his birth anniversary in Dharmsala on October 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

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