Grand celebrations on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary begin across world
The Uzbekistan Post Association has partnered with the ministery for development of information technologies and communications to issue a postage stamp on the occasion of the 150the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2. According to reports, the stamp has been made in the form of a postal block and has “150the Birth Anniversary […]
The Uzbekistan Post Association has partnered with the ministery for development of information technologies and communications to issue a postage stamp on the occasion of the 150the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2.
According to reports, the stamp has been made in the form of a postal block and has “150the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi” inscribed on the block in Uzbek and English. Each stamp costs around Rs 47 and around 5,000 copies are being circulated.
The stamp consisting the image of the Mahatma with the background of Indian historic monuments was designed by Sulaimonova U and the image was sketched by Farmonova S.Turkey Post, too, issued a memorial stamp of the occasion of 150 years of Gandhi Jayanti.
On the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmadabad and later declare the country open defecation-free.
At Rajghat, paid tributes to Bapu.
Gandhi Ji’s commitment to peace, harmony and brotherhood remained unwavering. He envisioned a world where the poorest of the poor are empowered.
His ideals are our guiding light. #Gandhi150 pic.twitter.com/4UHLj1EfhB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 2, 2019
Several events have been organized in the city and in other parts of Gujarat on Wednesday as Gandhi’s birth anniversary. As this also marks five years of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, plogging run jogging while picking up litter from the streets will be organized at various parts of the country.
On your 150th birth anniversary, you continue to guide us with your belief in ahimsa and satyagraha #GandhiJayanti #GandhiAt150 @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/8QeaRSoDnL
— Sanjay Bhattacharyya (@IndianAmbAnkara) October 2, 2019
The government is also expected to announce a ban on single-use plastic to make the country to become free of it by 2022. The Consulate General in New York would hold a celebration at Union Square to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th anniversary.
As we pay reverential homage to the Mahatma on his 150th Birth Anniversary, let us strive to transform our lives by internalizing and implementing the Gandhian principles in our daily life. This is the real tribute to the Father of our Nation. #Mahatma150 #MahatmaGandhi pic.twitter.com/sFlInEN1y8
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) October 2, 2019
Over 10,000 students will assemble their own solar lamps and light them together to honour the anniversary at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, as part of the Global Student Solar Assembly and an attempt to enter the Guinness Book world record.
