Martyrs' Day is an annual observance held on January 30 in India

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 to honour those recognized as martyrs for the nation.

The date was chosen as it marks the 1948 assassination of Mohandas Gandhi. On Martyr’s Day, the president

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, the vice president

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, the prime minister

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, the defence minister

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, and the three Service Chiefs gather at the samadhi

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 at Raj Ghat memorial and lay wreaths decorated with multi-colour flowers. The armed forces personnel blow bugles sounding the Last Post

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. The inter-services contingent reverse arms as a mark of respect. A two-minute silence in memory of the Father of the Nation

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 and other martyrs is observed throughout the country at 11 a.m. Participants hold all-religion prayers held and sing tributary bhajans.jai hind