The nation today remembers Mahatma Gandhi on the 71st death anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Gandhi was assassinated on this day in 1948 when he was leaving for a prayer meeting at Delhi’s Birla Mandir.

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He was cremated at the Raj Ghat in New Delhi, which was later turned into a memorial.

Rare archive videos available online shows the final journey of the Mahatma and how much India cared for the man led the country into freedom from British rule.