Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi

“The #Bangla Govt has taken up many other initiatives to celebrate #Gandhi150 anniversary, including setting up a university dedicated to #MahatmaGandhi ji in Purba Medinipur district,” she said in another tweet.

Rare photographs capturing Mahatma Gandhi’s 1947 stay at Beleghata area here and articles used by him during the over three-week period when he tried to douse the flames of communal violence, will be on display from Wednesday at the house that hosted him.

It has now been developed as a museum.

In August and September of 1947, away from the celebration of Independence, Mahatma Gandhi chose to be in Kolkata with some of his followers to calm the rioters down. He stayed in the Beleghata building during his stay.

Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia on Wednesday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries.

The duo first visited Vijay Ghat, the resting place of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, and paid floral tributes to him on his 115th birth anniversary.

Kejriwal and Sisodia later went to Rajghat to pay homage to Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

“Today is birth anniversary of two great souls. Gandhiji, an epitome of truth and non-violence and Shastriji of simplicity and honesty. Greetings to countrymen on birth anniversary of these great personalities,” Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.