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The '''Gandhi Peace Foundation''' is an Indian organisation that studies and develops [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s thought.<ref>{{cite book | title = Gandhi: Il risveglio degli umiliati | first = Jacques | last = Attali | publisher = Fazi Editore | year = 2013 | chapter = L'India, senza Gandhi | isbn = 978-88-7625-292-1 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AUgNAAAAQBAJ&q=%22Gandhi+Peace+Foundation%22&pg=PT462 | language = it | accessdate = 2018-09-24}}</ref>

== History ==
The foundation was established on 31 July 1958<ref name=intdir>{{cite book | language = en | pages = [https://archive.org/details/internationalfou0000unse/page/169 169] | title = The International Foundation Directory 2002 | publisher = Europa Publications | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-1-85743-127-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/internationalfou0000unse | url-access = registration | quote = Gandhi Peace Foundation . | accessdate = 2018-09-24}}</ref> to preserve and spread Gandhi's thought. It began with donation of 10 million [[rupee]]s from [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]].<ref>{{cite book | title = India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic: an Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic | language = en | author = Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long Ph.D. | publisher = ABC-CLIO | pages = 281 | chapter = Gandhi Peace Foundation | year = 2011 | volume = 1 | isbn = 978-0-313-37463-0 | chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=VVxlfDHGTFYC&q=%22Gandhi+Peace+Foundation%22&pg=PA281 | accessdate = 2018-09-24}}</ref> Its first board was composed of notables including [[R. R. Diwakar]], [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].'''''<ref>{{cite news | title = Custodian of Gandhian thoughts | newspaper = [[The Times of India]] | date = 27 September 2004 | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Custodian-of-Gandhian-thoughts/articleshow/863968.cms | accessdate = 2018-09-24}}</ref>'''''

===Presidents===
[[File:Radha Bhatt, Gwalior, India.jpg|thumb|Ms. Radha Bhatt in 2012|196x196px]]Now Kumar Prashant is the president

* [[R. R. Diwakar]] (founder) 1958 – 1989,
* [[Ravindra Varma]] 1989 – 2006,
* Ms. Radha Bhatt from 2006<ref>{{cite news | newspaper = The Tribune | title = Radha Bhatt chose social service over married life | date = 24 August 2015 | url = https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/radha-bhatt-chose-social-service-over-married-life/123525.html | accessdate = 2018-09-24 | archive-date = 24 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224751/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/radha-bhatt-chose-social-service-over-married-life/123525.html | url-status = dead }}.</ref>

==''Gandhi Marg''==
''Gandhi Marg'' is a magazine launched in 1957<ref>{{Cite book | title = A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography on Mahatma Gandhi: Books and pamphlets about Mahatma Gandhi | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 1995| pages = 160 | isbn = 978-0-313-08900-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_935ZKVzjW0C&q=%22Gandhi+Marg%22++%221957%22+%22peace+foundation%22&pg=PA160 | accessdate = 2018-10-11}}</ref> by S. K. George. He was later replaced by [[G. Ramachandran (social reformer)|G. Ramachadran]]. Until 1965, the journal was published by [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]] and from its 10th annual year, it was sponsored by the Gandhi Peace Foundation. From 1973 to 1979, the magazine was not published, thereafter resuming on a monthly basis. After 1989, ''Gandhi Marg'' returned to a [[quarterly]] schedule. Since 2005 John S. Moolakkattu is the editor.

==See also==
{{Portal|India|history}}
* [[Satyagraha]]
* [[Ahimsa]]
* [[Gandhism]]

== Note ==
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== External links ==
* History of the foundation on [http://gandhipeace.foundation/books/GPF%201964-2017.pdf gandhipeace.foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025331/http://gandhipeace.foundation/books/GPF%201964-2017.pdf |date=25 September 2018 }}

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