Senior General Than Shwe and wife
Daw Kyaing Kyaing lay wreath at
Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi
NAY PYI TAW, 30 July - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing visited the Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi in Rajghat in New Delhi after attending the welcoming ceremony of President of the Republic of India Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil on 27 July morning.

First, Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing laid a wreath and paid tribute holding a minute's silence at the Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi.

Next, Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing scattered petals at the Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi.

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing signed in the visitors' book.

Afterwards, Mr. Rajneesh, secretary of Samadhi of Mahatama Gandhi Committee, made a presentation on preservation work and presented books published in commemoration of Mahatama Gandhi and a gift to the Senior General.

The Senior General and party left the Samadhi for the hotel.

 
(Source: The New Light of Myanmar dated 31 July 2010)
 
     
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