President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 69th death anniversary. They paid tributes to Bapu at his Samadhi, Rajghat in New Delhi.
An inter-religion prayer was organised there and Gandhiji’s favourite bhajan ‘Raghu Pati Raghav Raja Ram’ was recited on the occasion.
The nation also observed two minutes silence at 11 AM as a mark of respect towards the brave martyrs. Gadhiji was assassinated on this day in 1948.