Only painting Mahatma Gandhi sat for to be auctioned at Bonhams in UKAn oil portrait, believed to be the only one Mahatma Gandhi sat for, is set to be auctioned at Bonhams in July, estimated at £50,000-£70,00...
05 Jun, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Mahatma Gandhi wasn't the first choice for currency notesMahatma Gandhi’s face on Indian currency feels like a natural fit now, but it wasn’t the original plan. Delving into how his image came to ...
04 Oct, 2024, 03.17 PM IST
Uzbekistan honors Mahatma Gandhi by issuing postage stampThere will be several other events taking place in Uzbekistan dedicated to 150th anniversary of Gandhi-ji whose image, ideas and philosophy...
01 Oct, 2019, 06.06 PM IST
RBI to issue new Rs 20 note: Here are all the detailsRBI said all the banknotes in the denomination of Rs 20 issued by the Reserve Bank in the earlier series will continue to be legal tender.
27 Apr, 2019, 06.36 PM IST
RBI to issue Rs 200 note tomorrow. Here is how it looksThe circulation of Rs 200 note is likely to bridge the shortage of small currency denomenation notes that have faced a shortage after intro...
24 Aug, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
RBI's new Rs 50 currency note coming soon, here's how it looks likeDimension of the banknote will be 66 mm x 135 mm. All the Rs 50 banknotes issued by RBI in the earlier series will continue to be legal ten...
19 Aug, 2017, 12.30 PM IST
When Cyrus Poonawalla spent £32,500 for a pencil portrait of Gandhi at a UK auctionThe rare portrait by John Henry Amshewitz was originally valued at an estimate of £8,000-12,000.
13 Jul, 2017, 09.47 AM IST
The new Rs 500 and Rs 2000 bank notes: You should know thisAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced trashing of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 bank notes to curb black money, RBI has released the detail...
11 Nov, 2016, 10.24 AM IST
Canada-based artist's Bapu portraits on show at Gandhi Museum66 yrs after he had first met Mahatma Gandhi at a post-Partition refugee camp in the city, artist Suraj Sadan continues to be inspired by t...
29 Jan, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Arunachal Pradesh celebrates Gandhi's birth anniversaryThe 146th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh along with the rest of the country.
02 Oct, 2015, 04.11 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Governor, CM Jayalalithaa lead state in paying tributes to Mahatma GandhiTamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah, CM Jayalalithaa led the state in paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary.
02 Oct, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Mahatma Gandhi missing from Rs 10 noteThe bank notes without Gandhi's image posted on the RBI's official website caused a flutter among the people.
30 May, 2015, 01.42 PM IST
Mahatma Gandhi rememberedSpeaker V Sabapathy, Ministers, legislators, officials and freedom fighters were among those who paid floral tributes at the statue.
30 Jan, 2015, 01.58 PM IST
United Nations marks International Day of Non-violence as tribute to Mahatma GandhiDuring the event, attended by a large number of UN ambassadors, diplomats and young children, an audio-visual on Gandhi's life and journey ...
02 Oct, 2014, 11.15 PM IST
- Mahatma Gandhi, my inspiration: Obama
Mahatma Gandhi inspires US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and he flaunts it by having a portrait of India's Father of the Nation at his ...
11 Jul, 2008, 10.03 PM IST
- Obama says he is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
Barack Obama, Democratic front-runner for the US Presidential nomination, sees Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration and has a portrait of the a...
23 Feb, 2008, 02.52 PM IST
- RBI to release new Rs 50 banknotes
The RBI on Wednesday said it would soon be issuing upgraded Rs 50 denomination banknotes with improved security features, but there would b...
07 Sep, 2005, 02.15 PM IST