Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was also present at the memorial.
Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and other senior Cabinet leaders paid homage to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his 78th death anniversary at Rajghat in Delhi on Friday morning.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was also present at the memorial.
VIDEO | President Droupadi Murmu (@rashtrapatibhvn), Vice President CP Radhakrishnan (@VPIndia) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) paid tribute to Mahatama Gandhi at the Raj Ghat on the occassion of his 78th Death Anniversary. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was also… pic.twitter.com/LO5aO2BYHz
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Delhi Chief Minister, present at the Rajghat, also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
VIDEO | Delhi: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta (@gupta_rekha) pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary at Rajghat.
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The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, also paid his homage.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse after a prayer meeting in New Delhi on January 30, 1948. According to Britannica, Godse fired three shots at close range from a small-calibre revolver, hitting Gandhi in the upper thigh, abdomen, and chest.
Godse and his accomplice, Narayan Apte, were executed by hanging on November 15, 1949.
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