Electronic version of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi launched

Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi launched the electronic version

Ques: Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs & Information and Broadcasting recently launched the electronic version of the Collected Works of a great leader-

a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya
c. Pt. Dindayal Upadhyay
d. Mahatma Gandhi

Ans: d

Related facts:

  • 08 September, 2015 Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs & Information and Broadcasting launched the electronic version of “The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”.
  • This is a monumental document of Gandhiji’s words as he spoke and wrote, day after day beginning from 1884 till 30th January 1948 at Gandhi Peace Foundation.
  • The Minister also uplinked the e-version on the Gandhi Heritage Portal, a comprehensive repository of authentic Gandhiana.
  • The portal hosts e-CWMG in a searchable pdf format to ensure easy and free accessibility of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi for people across the world.
  • It was also announced that the Hindi version of the monumental work CWMG (Sampoorna Gandhi Vangmaya) would be digitized soon.
  • The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi took about 38 years in the making (1956-1994).

Reference:

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=126696
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/jaitley-launches-eversion-of-mahatma-gandhis-works/article7629166.ece
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/what-is-the-collected-works-of-mahatma-gandhi/1/467946.html