New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi on his 69th death anniversary. 



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PM Modi paid tributes to Bapu at the Rajghat in the national capital today morning. 



President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari also paid tributes to Gandhi at the Rajghat here. 



On this day in 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, who fired three bullets into his chest at a prayer meeting at the Birla Mandir.


Gandhi is admired across the world for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance. He was known to his many followers as the Mahatma.