Raj Ghat and associated memorials
Raj Ghat is a memorial complex in Delhi, India. The first memorial was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi where a black marble platform was raised to mark the spot of his cremation on 31 January 1948 and consists of an eternal flame at one end. Located on Delhi's Ring Road, officially known as Mahatma Gandhi Road, a stone footpath leads to the walled enclosure that houses the memorial. Later the memorial complex was expanded to include other memorials for other prominent people including Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Charan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee among the others.
Memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat
Image: Samadhi (shrines) complex of Mahatma Gandhi in Rajghat 04
Image: The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh paying tributes at the Samadhi of former Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 43rd death anniversary at Shantivan, in Delhi on May 27, 2007
Image: The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil paying tributes at Vijay Ghat the Samadhi of Late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, in Delhi on July 26, 2007
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is now used throughout the world.
Gandhi in 1931
Gandhi (right) with his eldest brother Laxmidas in 1886
Commemorative plaque at 20 Baron's Court Road, Barons Court, London
Gandhi in London as a law student