Gandhi, Nehru inspired others about democracy -New York Governor

US: Indian leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru inspired others, including Dr. Martin Luther King, about democracy and non-violence, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday underling that the values of inclusion, pluralism, equality, freedom of speech and of religion bind India and the US together.

Addressing members of the Indian-American community at the Queens Museum during an event to celebrate the Indian Independence Day, Hochul said India and the US stand firm with that same shared understanding of what it’s like to reject colonial rule.

“This marks 75 years since India freed itself from the colonial yoke and people were able to start on that path toward true democracy,” Hochul said.

Hochul added that we also learn from celebrating the many languages and the religions. By the 1.2 billion people, but it’s also a statement of a community rising up, a world rising up.

“And leaders who inspired others, like Gandhi and Nehru. Those are names we do learn about in our schools, about what struggle means and about the peaceful embrace of democracy, about non violence, and those are words that are still spoken about today. Dr. King was frequently quoting these great Indian leaders who inspired him to learn what non violence was all about,” she said. – NDTV