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Camden New Journal - by SIMON WROE
Published: 04 October 2007

Indian Attorney General Milon Banerjee, front left, with members of the India League and its president Michael Foot

Tributes on Gandhi anniversary

FORMER Labour leader Michael Foot joined Indian dignitaries to pay tribute to the man who “made India’s independence possible” in Euston on Tuesday.
India’s Attorney General and the Chief Justice were among those invited to lay flowers at the statue of India’s spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi in Tavistock Square on the 138th anniversary of his birth.
The date, October 2, has also recently been earmarked by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day of Non-violence.
Following a general prayer for “peace, peace and real peace”, 94-year-old Mr Foot, the president of the India League, said: “Here in Camden we never stop fighting for the most important causes. That’s why there was a rally for nuclear disarmament here and that’s why we have a special celebration for Gandhi and everything he stood for.
“India, too, is determined to fight for the greatest causes. We should learn from these great leaders – none greater perhaps than Gandhi – and do things in a much braver way.”
Milon Banerjee, Attorney General of India, said: “Today, we pay homage to the man who made independence possible, but also to the man who laid the groundwork for the very close relations we now have with the UK.”
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan added: “India is forging ahead, but it hasn’t forgotten the great values of life which Mahatma Gandhi taught us.”

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