{"id":302316,"date":"2018-09-06T09:35:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302316"},"modified":"2018-09-06T09:35:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T09:35:59","slug":"president-kovind-unveils-mahatma-gandhis-statue-in-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/president-kovind-unveils-mahatma-gandhis-statue-in-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"President Kovind unveils Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s statue in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-302317 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kovind-bulgaria-1-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/kovind-bulgaria-1-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/kovind-bulgaria-1-403x420.jpg 403w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/kovind-bulgaria-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/>President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Sofia on the occasion of Bulgaria\u2019s 133rd Unification Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Kovind while unveiling the statue said, \u201cGrateful to the people of Bulgaria for giving Mahatma Gandhi an eternal home in Bulgaria on their National Unification Day. This is a meaningful tribute to a man who dedicated his entire life to the service of humanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Kovind said that he is glad to be in Sofia to share this cherished moment, &#8220;The most cordial wishes for the nice and hospitable Bulgarians on the occasion of the unification of Bulgaria. I am glad to be in Sofia to share this Skroven moment,&#8221; President tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Kovind also presented Bulgarian President Rumen Radev with a copy of Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s Book \u2018Hind Swaraj\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-302318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/book-gift-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/book-gift-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/book-gift-263x420.jpg 263w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/book-gift.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Kovind arrived here on Tuesday from Cyprus on the second leg of his three-nation visit to Europe that will also take him to the Czech Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In 15 years, this is the first presidential visit from India to Bulgaria.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Sofia on the occasion of Bulgaria\u2019s 133rd Unification Day. President Kovind while unveiling the statue said, \u201cGrateful to the people of Bulgaria for giving Mahatma Gandhi an eternal home in Bulgaria on their National Unification Day. This is a meaningful tribute to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":302317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,53],"tags":[4776,4794,4795,2746,407,4778,4796,4797],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302319,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302316\/revisions\/302319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/302317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}