GANDHI SMRITI AND DARSHAN SAMITI
GANDHI SMRITI AND DARSHAN SAMITI Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) was formed in September 1984 by the merger of Gandhi Darshan at Rajghat and Gandhi Smriti, at Tees January Marg as an autonomous body and is functioning under the constructive advice and financial support from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The Prime Minister of India is its Chairperson and it has a nominated body of senior Gandhians and representatives of various government departments to guide it in its activities. The basic aim and objective of the Samiti is to propagate the life, mission and thought of Mahatma Gandhi through various socio-educational and cultural programmes. Its emblem is the ‘charka’ spinning wheel famously used by Gandhi as a symbol of self reliance and social transformation during his struggle for freedom of India.