FOCAL POINT OF THE OBSERVANCE OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the death of the Mahatma Gandhi was Rajghat, the place where the assassinated leader was cremated. Hundreds of Indians handed money and flowers into the enclosure round his grave. Here the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru(hand raised) is seen as he takes part in the demonstration. At right is Acharya Vimoba Bhave, one of the oldest disciples of Gandhi. The ceremony took'place on January 30.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1949, Page 5
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75FOCAL POINT OF THE OBSERVANCE OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY of the death of the Mahatma Gandhi was Rajghat, the place where the assassinated leader was cremated. Hundreds of Indians handed money and flowers into the enclosure round his grave. Here the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru(hand raised) is seen as he takes part in the demonstration. At right is Acharya Vimoba Bhave, one of the oldest disciples of Gandhi. The ceremony took'place on January 30. Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1949, Page 5
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