--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, Indian children celebrate Gandhi's birthday title: TIME's Photo of the Day: Indian children celebrate Gandhi's birthday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30bde3cabccba56d/6987a786a988cad52f6af4b3/2013-10-02t075032z_353912647_gm1e9a2171.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Happy Birthday Gandhi! by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2013 10:31 PM CUT  Oct. 2, 2013\. School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in celebrations marking the 144th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Oct. 2, 2013\. School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in celebrations marking the 144th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in the southern Indian city of Chennai.Babu—Reuters by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 2, 2013 10:31 PM CUT  Oct. 2, 2013\. School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in celebrations marking the 144th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in the southern Indian city of Chennai. Babu—Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802831/happy-birthday-gandhi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802831/happy-birthday-gandhi/"},"headline":"Happy Birthday Gandhi!","datePublished":"2013-10-02T22:31:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:40.130Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, Indian children celebrate Gandhi's birthday","url":"https://time.com/3802831/happy-birthday-gandhi/","keywords":["LightBox","India","Birthday","Reuters","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30bde3cabccba56d/6987a786a988cad52f6af4b3/2013-10-02t075032z_353912647_gm1e9a2171.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30bde3cabccba56d/6987a786a988cad52f6af4b3/2013-10-02t075032z_353912647_gm1e9a2171.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in celebrations marking the 144th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in the southern Indian city of Chennai","caption":"School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in celebrations marking the 144th birth anniversary of Gandhi, in the southern Indian city of Chennai","creditText":"Babu—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802831/happy-birthday-gandhi/","name":"Happy Birthday Gandhi!"}}]}] ```