Event celebrates Gandhi's life, nonviolence

By Star-Advertiser staff

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 29, 2012

~~<p>The public is invited to celebrate the 143rd birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and the International Day of Non-Violence on Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Gandhi statue outside the Honolulu Zoo in Waikiki.</p>
<p>The Hawaii-based Gandhi International Institute for Peace is sponsoring the seventh annual event to promote peace in Hawaii, according to a news release from Raj Kumar, the institute's founder and president. The United Nations declared the global day of observance in 2007 to coincide with Gandhi's birthday.</p>
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The public is invited to celebrate the 143rd birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and the International Day of Non-Violence on Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Gandhi statue outside the Honolulu Zoo in Waikiki.

The Hawaii-based Gandhi International Institute for Peace is sponsoring the seventh annual event to promote peace in Hawaii, according to a news release from Raj Kumar, the institute's founder and president. The United Nations declared the global day of observance in 2007 to coincide with Gandhi's birthday. Login for more...