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Bill to promote Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr's legacies passed in US

The bill would establish an exchange initiative between the United States and India to study the work and legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr

Dinyar Patel's book, Naoroji, fills a gap in major historical scholarship

Historical scholarship has been so preoccupied with the later nationalists - Gandhi, Patel, Nehru, Bose et al - that it has neglected, or been indifferent to, the individual who started it all.

Desecration of Gandhi statue 'crime against humanity': Ambassador Sandhu

The statue is situated in a small park maintained by the National Park Service, near the Embassy of India in US

Gandhi statue outside Indian Embassy in Washington desecrated by protestors

The status was later covered up and an investigation launched by the local Park Police in charge of protection of monuments in the area

Mahatma Gandhi's anti-untouchability campaign letter to be auctioned

The one-page handwritten letter is signed "M. K. Gandhi," and dated October 9, 1932

An unhealthy practice

It is generally put out that even though the health of the head of the government is a matter of national interest, it should not be a matter of national debate

Harmonic nationalism

For Gandhi, music created spiritual and ethical publics

Partition: The real enemy

Mr Akbar tells this story with his usual diligence about facts and facets and his customary lucidity

Letter to BS: Nehru was a darling of the Indian masses for over two decades

Nehru was chosen over other outstanding leaders by Gandhi because he was a pan-India personality without any regional leaning and a person with international reputation

A poor country of very rich people

Nowhere amidst the efflorescence of the Republic Day parade was there any hint that India was not really that rich country of poor people

Bhagat Singh, Gandhi, Netaji favourite freedom fighters on R-Day: ShareChat

The platform also recorded over 10 million WhatsApp shares of the content created by users

The next big development challenge

The latest economic forecasts from the IMF and the World Bank are sobering, pointing to protracted slowdowns across the board

'Man on Moon' to Jallianwala Bagh, 10 key anniversaries that fell in 2019

From 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to 30 years of the felling of the Berlin Wall, and 50 years since moon landing, Business Standard lists 10 anniversaries that took place in 2019

CCEA clears rehabilitation of Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Bihar

Of the total investment of Rs 1,742 cr, Rs 400 cr alone is expected to be spent on dismantling the structure that would be replaced by a steel framework

Cabinet approves new four-lane bridge parallel to Gandhi Setu in Patna

The project is 14.500 km long and passes through Patna, Saran and Vaishali districts of Bihar

Ghana students, academics seek removal of Mahatma Gandhi statue from varsity for 'racist' views

Students and teachers argue that Gandhi's reference to black Africans as "kaffir" in some of his early writings reflected his 'racist' mindset

Gandhi's spinning wheel among Time's 100 'Most Influential Photos'

The magazine includes a black and white photo of a bespectacled Gandhi reading news while spinning wheels

Govt issues memo to KVIC over PM's pic replacing Mahatma Gandhi on calendar

Memo debunks claims made by KVIC's officials that it had sought PMO clearance before replacing Mahatma's picture

Mahatma the CEO

In Gandhi, a modern leader will find various tools that could work well even today

Mahatma's great-grandson Tushar objects to SC plea seeking re-investigation of Bapu's assassination

The court adjourned the hearing by four weeks as amicus curiae Amrendra Sharan is not prepared as yet