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Gandhi Jayanti Special: Revisiting The Mahatma's Call To End Untouchability In India Under British Rule

The Mahatma during his second visit to Baloda Bazaar held a public meeting where he drank water from a group of 'untouchable' youth.

Raipur: As India celebrates Gandhi Jayanti on October 2, which marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, for the Jaitusaav Math in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, the occasion reminds the Mahatma's call to end untouchability and caste discrimination in the society during the British colonial rule.

Chhattisgarh has a unique connection with Mahatma Gandhi and the country's freedom struggle. It was here that farmers in Kandel launched their own civil disobedience movement in 1920, which is considered by many as a prelude to

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