Mahatma Gandhi
CTT Correios de Portugal is commemorating the150th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October by bringing out a stamp issue in Khadi,
the handwoven natural ber cloth that Mahatma Gandhi wore and spun on his
spinning wheel. With this, Portugal has made history as the rst
country, outside of India, to bring out a Gandhi philatelic issue in
Khadi. This is a testimony to the historical ties spanning more than
half a millennium between India and Portugal, the close kinship between
the two peoples and the growing intensi cation of our rapidly
strengthening bilateral ties. It is also a be thing tribute to a truly
great man whose timeless messages continue to inspire people everywhere
to become the best possible versions of themselves - a 'Mahatma' or
'Great Soul' who urged everyone to "Be the change you want to see in the
world" and exemplied this in his own life in such a way that his very
life became his message.