Indian Embassy in Türkiye marks Gandhi's birth anniversary

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - The Indian embassy in Ankara marked the birth anniversary of country's freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi with an early-morning march.

Indian Ambassador to Türkiye Virander Paul, along with other embassy officials, paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, which is known as Gandhi Jayanti and is one of the three national holidays observed in India, the embassy said on Twitter.

In 2007, the UN also declared the day, Oct. 2, as the International Day of Non-Violence, in tribute to the philosophy of non-violence that Gandhi preached.

Gandhi, whose relations with political movements began in South Africa, helped India gain independence from the UK through this philosophy, as well as civil disobedience.

He was shot dead on Jan. 30, 1948, by a gunman identified as Nathuram Godse. He was later executed for the murder.