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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 511, January 19, 1969 ]

DECLARING FEBRUARY 3 TO 9, 1969, AS MAHATMA GANDHI WEEK.

WHEREAS, this year, 1969, the Mahatma Gandhi Centenary will be celebrated in India as well as in other freedom-loving nations of the world;

WHEREAS, the people of the Philippines, sharing the world’s need to translate Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals and aspiration in terms of everyday life, and believing in his teachings of peace, human fraternity and brotherhood, are participating in the centenary celebration of this great man; and

WHEREAS, there is need to set aside a period within which the ideals, aspirations and teachings of the illustrious world leader may be fittingly brought to the attention of the public through appropriate ceremonies or activities.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from February 3 to 9, 1969, as Mahatma Gandhi Week.1aшphi1

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippine

By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary

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