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Gandhi Smarak Nidhi
Activities

Gandhi Smarak Nidhi is engaged in various Gandhian Constructive Activities.
 

National Week is celebrated every year from 6th to 13 April. During this week, it conducts seminars on Communal Harmony, Craft Exhibition & Mela for Balwadi Children & Charkha Classes.
 

Youth Camps are held in April & May for girls & boys for introducing them to Gandhian Thought and for inculcating a spirit of Peace, Love and Brotherhood in them at Sant Balji Jain Muni Ashram, Chinchani, Tal. Dahanu.
 

Kranti Din. 9th August is celebrated as Kranti Din, to mark the Quit India Movement. Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in association with  Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, N.S.S. units of Govt. of Maharashtra and universities of Mumbai and S.N.D.T. organises programmes on Quit India Movement. The function is held at August Kranti Maidan.
 

Gandhi Jayanti Week.   2nd October, the birth anniversary of Gandhiji is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti Week. The Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai and Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya conducts the programmes of Spinning, Bhajans and Khadi Exhibition, every year from 2nd to 8th October.
 

GANDHI NIRVAN DIN. On 30th January, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is observed in Mani Bhavan with mass spinning, prayers & Bhajans. A big Rally of students and citizens is organised. The Rally starts from Azad Maidan and ends at Hutatma Chowk. At Hutatma Chowk prayers of all religious (Serva Dharma Prarthana) are held and the entire congregation takes a pledge for Peace and Communal Harmony.
 

On 22nd February, a death anniversary of Kasturba is observed as Kasturba Nirvan Din.

Inter School and College Competition are held every year from July to September. The Prize distribution function for the winners of first and second Prize is then held in November.

The Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai, works in collaboration with several Gandhian organization including Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal, Inner Wheel Club of Mumbai and several other women's organizations.

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