Russia House to mark Gandhi b’day

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New Delhi: Duma, the Lower House of Russian Parliament, Monday announced to hold an event to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suggested to the Chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin to hold the function in the Russian Parliament, saying the Mahatma had close contacts with famous Russian author, thinker and philosopher Leo Tolstoy. Volodin agreed to hold the event in Russian Duma, a statement from the Lok Sabha secretariat said. The chairman of the State Duma is leading a delegation to participate in the IndiaRussia Parliamentary Commission meet here.