50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's journey to India to study Mahatma Gandhi

"We think that the spirit of Gandhi is much stronger today than some people believe. Today we no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence; it is either non-violence, or non-existence."

Martin Luther King Jr - 1959


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US team heads for India to retrace Martin Luther King's steps
Friday, February 13, 2009,8:46 [IST]
http://news.oneindia.in/2009/02/13/us-team-heads-for-india-to-retrace-martin
-luther-kings-step.html

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Anniversary of Luther King, Jr.'s Trip to India
Friday, 13 February 2009, 3:39 pm
Press Release: US State Department
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0902/S00277.htm

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Martin Luther King III comes to India for a date with Gandhi
NEWKERALA.COM News Section: New Delhi, Feb 12, 2009
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-91984.html

It will be a rare confluence of the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Junior, nostalgia and jazz when Martin Luther King III comes to India Saturday to retrace the pilgrimage of his father 50 years ago....

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"We need Martin Luther King and Gandhiji more than ever"
THE HINDU - Special Correspondent - February 12, 2009
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/12/stories/2009021260391100.htm

NEW DELHI: The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution recognising the 50th anniversary of the visit of legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. to India and the positive influence of Mahatma Gandhi's teachings on his work during the American Civil Rights Movement....