The day was celebrated at the ashram in Ahmedabad in the presence of various dignitaries, including the Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, Padma Shri laureate Indian social activist Rani Bang, the Governor of Gujarat OP Kohli, the US Ambassador to India Kenneth Jester, MP Kirit Solanki, Deputy CM Nitin Patel, environmentalist and trustee of Sabarmati Ashram Kartikeya Sarabhai and chairperson of Gandhi Ashram Ela Bhatt. International Non-Violence Day, which falls on October 2, marked the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, this year. Marking Bapu’s 150th birth anniversary, Sabarmati Ashram was abuzz on October 2 with discourses by activist Rani Bang and CM Vijay Rupani, and bhajan renditions by Anuradha Paudwal and Shyamal-Saumil. Sabarmati Ashram remembered Gandhi with charkha-spinning and bhajans
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