Some of the 486 children, between the ages of 10 and 16, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on their peace march in Kolkata, India. They broke the Guinness World Record of most children dressed as Gandhi, previously set at 255 in 2010.
Some of the 486 children, between the ages of 10 and 16, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on their peace march in Kolkata, India. They broke the Guinness World Record of most children dressed as Gandhi, previously set at 255 in 2010.
Some of the 486 children, between the ages of 10 and 16, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on their peace march in Kolkata, India. They broke the Guinness World Record of most children dressed as Gandhi, previously set at 255 in 2010.
Some of the 486 children, between the ages of 10 and 16, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on their peace march in Kolkata, India. They broke the Guinness World Record of most children dressed as Gandhi, prev

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Children set new Guinness World Record by dressing up as Gandhi in Kolkata, India

Some 485 children in Kolkata break the Guinness World Record for dressing up as India's founding father to mark the 64th year of his death.

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KOLKATA, INDIA // Draped in his iconic khaddar, round spectacles and walking stick, some 485 children in Kolkata set a new Guinness World Record for dressing up as Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of India, to mark tomorrow's 64th anniversary of his death.

Most of the children taking part in the event were aged between 10 and 16 and came from underprivileged backgrounds. It was organised to promote the Gandhian ideology of non-violence.

The children marched for half of a kilometre through Kolkata to recreate Gandhi's peaceful march to Dandi in 1930 to protest against the British salt tax which led to a wider Indian independence movement.

Guinness verified the successful attempt, which broke a previous record set in 2010, when 255 students dressed up as Gandhi in Coimbatore in southern India.
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