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Gandhi Bust at Cairo Al Hurriyah Park Unveiled (Video)


Wed 06 Nov 2019 | 06:31 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

India’s Minister of State for Housing, Urban Affairs, Civil Aviation and Commerce and Industry unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi, today Wednesday at Al Hurriyah Park in Cairo.

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Puri was accompanied by Major General Mohamed Sultan, Deputy Governor of Cairo, and Rahul Kulshreshth, Ambassador of India in Cairo.

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The ceremony came on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, Hardeep Singh Puri,

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The statue of Mahatma Gandhi is made of bronze by Indian sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar.

Unveiling Mahatma Gandhi's statue

He was known as the leading politician and spiritual leader of India during India’s independence movement, pioneering Satyagraha, resisting tyranny through mass civil disobedience, which led to India’s independence and inspired many civil rights and freedom movements around the world.

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https://youtu.be/R9HlpXghoSk

It is worth mentioning that Gandhi founded what was known in the world of politics as “peaceful resistance” or philosophy of non-violence (Satyagraha.). It is a set of principles based on religious, political and economic foundations at the same time courage, truth, and non-violence; it aims to defeat the occupier through full awareness of the profound danger and the formation of a force capable of confronting this danger nonviolence first and then violence if there is no other option.

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The Indian community in Cairo attend the celebration

The Indian community in Cairo attend the celebration