The nation is remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Monday. Events are organised across the country to pay tributes to Gandhi, who was central to the Independence movement becoming a mass movement through non-violence. His birth anniversary is celebrated internationally as the International Day of Non-Violence. Leaders across the party lines, such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, paid tributes to Gandhi at his memorial at Rajghat, Delhi.