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    Martyr's Day is observed on January 30th to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and his contributions to India's independence movement. It also honors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar, who were hanged by the British on March 23rd. Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Gujarat and became the leader of India's nationalist movement, advocating for nonviolent civil disobedience. He was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi.

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    Martyr's Day is observed on January 30th to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and his contributions to India's independence movement. It also honors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar, who were hanged by the British on March 23rd. Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Gujarat and became the leader of India's nationalist movement, advocating for nonviolent civil disobedience. He was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi.

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    Martyr's Day is observed on January 30th to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and his contributions to India's independence movement. It also honors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar, who were hanged by the British on March 23rd. Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Gujarat and became the leader of India's nationalist movement, advocating for nonviolent civil disobedience. He was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi.

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    Martyr's Day is observed on January 30th to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and his contributions to India's independence movement. It also honors Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar, who were hanged by the British on March 23rd. Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869 in Gujarat and became the leader of India's nationalist movement, advocating for nonviolent civil disobedience. He was assassinated in 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi.

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    Martyr’s Day

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    Prime Minister of India paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd Death Anniversary at
    Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi.

    Martyr’s Day is observed on 30th January every year in the memory of Mahatma
    Gandhi and his contributions to the nation.
    23rd March is also observed as Martyr's Day to pay tribute to three revolutionaries of
    India namely Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.

    Mahatma Gandhi

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar in


    Gujarat and died on January 30, 1948, at Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi.
    He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the Birla House during his evening
    prayers.
    He was a lawyer, politician, social activist, writer and became the leader of the
    nationalist movement against the British rule of India.
    He is considered the Father of the Nation.

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    Gandhi and his ideologies played an important role in liberating India from the
    British.

    Source: PIB

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