Indians honour Mahatma Ghandi
Oct 07, 2010
THE Indian community in Jinja on Saturday celebrated the 141st birthday of the father of their nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The ceremony was held at the source of River Nile in Jinja and at the SDM temple on Bell Avenue in Jinja town.
By Donald Kiirya
THE Indian community in Jinja on Saturday celebrated the 141st birthday of the father of their nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
The ceremony was held at the source of River Nile in Jinja and at the SDM temple on Bell Avenue in Jinja town.
During the celebrations, Gandhi’s statue at the SDM temple was garlanded by Dhiren Mehta, the chairman of the management committee for the temple and Bhatt Bhupendra, the Jinja temple priest.
The statue at the Source of The Nile was garlanded by the assistant general manager of Bank of Baroda, S.P Mahawar, Kaushik Shah, the chairman of the Jinja Indian Association, Maganbhai Patel, an industrialist, and Chacko Babu, the trustee of the Indian Association of Uganda.
“Mahatma Gandhi was an apostle of peace and the father of India. He was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujurat, India,†Mahawar said.
He pointed out that during his reign, Gandhi proved that non-violence was an instrument of social change, adding that his teachings were still used for conflict resolution.
Babu noted that the United Nations General Assembly declared October 2 as the international day of non-violence.
He said Gandhi’s ashes were spread at the Source of River Nile on August 14, 1948.
During the visit of Bank of Baroda’s global chairman, M.D Mallya and managing director, Pramod Gupta, five computers were handed over to St. Peter’s High School in Jinja, which is owned by the Indian Association of Uganda.
THE Indian community in Jinja on Saturday celebrated the 141st birthday of the father of their nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
The ceremony was held at the source of River Nile in Jinja and at the SDM temple on Bell Avenue in Jinja town.
During the celebrations, Gandhi’s statue at the SDM temple was garlanded by Dhiren Mehta, the chairman of the management committee for the temple and Bhatt Bhupendra, the Jinja temple priest.
The statue at the Source of The Nile was garlanded by the assistant general manager of Bank of Baroda, S.P Mahawar, Kaushik Shah, the chairman of the Jinja Indian Association, Maganbhai Patel, an industrialist, and Chacko Babu, the trustee of the Indian Association of Uganda.
“Mahatma Gandhi was an apostle of peace and the father of India. He was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujurat, India,†Mahawar said.
He pointed out that during his reign, Gandhi proved that non-violence was an instrument of social change, adding that his teachings were still used for conflict resolution.
Babu noted that the United Nations General Assembly declared October 2 as the international day of non-violence.
He said Gandhi’s ashes were spread at the Source of River Nile on August 14, 1948.
During the visit of Bank of Baroda’s global chairman, M.D Mallya and managing director, Pramod Gupta, five computers were handed over to St. Peter’s High School in Jinja, which is owned by the Indian Association of Uganda.