It was over five decades back in 1972 that hundreds of dacoits, or baagis as they are called locally, voluntarily surrendered in Chambal valley of central India as part of a wider and inspirational social initiative for significant, beneficial, and durable social change achieved by non-violence.
In the early morning of 6 April 1930, on the quiet shores of the Arabian Sea at Dandi in Gujarat, Mahatma Gandhi bent down, picked up a handful of salt, and quietly defied the law of the British Empire.
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi stepped out of Sabarmati Ashram with a small group of followers and a simple but radical plan: to challenge British authority over something as basic as salt.
He emphasized that both Mahatma Gandhi and Sree Narayana Guru lacked physical or financial strength but possessed immense, lasting power due to their spiritual strength and commitment to truth.
On 17 February, the world lost one of its most resonant voices for equality - Reverend Je sse L . Jackson, Sr., who passed away at the age of 84.
It is not often that Mahatma Gandhi is described as a radical thinker, though his life and career bear countless evidences of his fearless mind, his eagerness to support social change and evolve structured and progressive political thoughts and movements.
The message from the Prime Minister for this year's Gandhi Jayanti was to blend fitness and well-being with cleanliness.
The maintenance of the British empire was the objective of Sir Winston Churchill (1870-1965) while ending it was the mission of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948).
Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu paid floral tribute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi
On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, celebrities including Manoj Bajpayee, Prakash Raj, Sunny Deol, Madhuri Dixit, Mahesh Babu, Siddharth Malhotra paid tributes to the Father of the Nation
