Nation remembers legends on their birth anniversary; see tweets

Furthermore, a Swachhta pledge was also held at many places including Central Park located at the national capital’s Connaught Place creating awareness of cleanliness as well as urging the citizens to make an India of Baapu’s dreams

Arnima Dwivedi
Published on: 2 Oct 2016 9:28 AM GMT
Nation remembers legends on their birth anniversary; see tweets
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New Delhi: Marking two of the most prominent Indian occasions, President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary.

The President garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat and also attended a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. PM Modi also visited Raj Ghat and Vijay Ghat to pay homage to the Mahatama Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shahstri respectively.

Mukherjee had earlier on Saturday evening greeted the nation saying, “Gandhiji taught us the value of harmonious co-existence and mutual respect. He displayed a rare constellation of abilities and showed how individuals can advance social and political change. He had an exemplary passion for justice and an indefatigable spirit of service to mankind.”

Furthermore, a Swachhta pledge was also held at many places including Central Park located at the national capital’s Connaught Place creating awareness of cleanliness as well as urging the citizens to make an India of Baapu’s dreams.

The President also took to micro blogging website Twitter to remember and honour the legends. His tweet was followed by many celebrated personalities of the country. Following are some of them:

President's tweet:

https://twitter.com/RashtrapatiBhvn/status/782392156023508992

https://twitter.com/RashtrapatiBhvn/status/782394673159471104

https://twitter.com/RashtrapatiBhvn/status/782428631721123840

PM Modi's tweet:

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/782392381916143619

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/782394554817191936

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/782432859185307648

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/782433236127391744

Rajnath Singh's tweet:

https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/782423766857121792

https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/782423891696349184

https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/782504987825889280

Lata Mangeshkar's tweet:

https://twitter.com/mangeshkarlata/status/782447065221726208

https://twitter.com/mangeshkarlata/status/782493817622716416

Arnima Dwivedi

Arnima Dwivedi

A journalist, presently working as a sub-editor with newstrack.com. I love exploring new genres of humans and humanity.

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