Top Leaders, People Of India Remember Birthday Of Gandhi

People visit the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi to pay their respects on his birth anniversary in New Delhi , India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Mustafa Quraishi>

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee pays his respects at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary in New Delhi , India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Mustafa Quraishi>

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) pays tribute at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on his 143rd birth anniversary at Rajghat in New Delhi, capital of India, on Oct. 2, 2012. <Xinhua=Partha Sarkar>

Indian school children, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, carry an Indian flag while participating in an event to mark his birth anniversary in Chennai, India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Arun Sankar K.>

Indian children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi wait for the start of a rally against violence to mark the birth anniversary of Gandhi in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. <AP/NEWSis=Ajit Solanki>

Indian National Cadet Crop (NCC) students pay tribute as they spray flower petals at a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on his 143rd birth anniversary at Rajghat in Kochi of Kerala, India, on Oct. 2, 2012. <Xinhua=Stringer>

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