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The American President Barack Obama's admiration for the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi will be on full display during his proposed visit to India in early November this year as he is all set to pay homage to his inspiration by visiting Mani Bhavan, a two-storey building in Gamdevi in Mumbai where Gandhi resided during India's freedom struggle.
The American President, who never minced words in his admiration for Gandhiji., is expected to visit Mani Bhavan on November 6. The US consulate and a White House security team have conducted two security audits of the building. The 35-member team, accompanied by police officials from the state CID, took photographs and maps of the structure on Laburnum Road.
Obama’s other role model, Martin Luther King, had also stayed at Mani Bhavan for two days, 51 years ago. In February 2009, Martin Luther King III had visited the room at Mani Bhavan where his father had stayed.
Though Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore are very much in the itinerary of the US President, the dates and places he would go to are not yet confirmed. It is true that a security audit was conducted at Mani Bhavan, but the visit is not yet finalised.
Obama's love and admiration for Bapu is no secret. . “In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things,” Obama had said earlier.
“If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?” Lilly, a standard IX student, asked US president Barack Obama during his interaction with schoolchildren last year. “I think that it might be Mahatma Gandhi, who is a real hero of mine,” Obama had replied.
