Five localities urged to name roads after Mahatma Gandhi

The Gandhi Monument Council has invited the mayors of five localities in Malta to name one of their major streets after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.

Rev. Gene Savoy Jr and Rajan Zed, council coordinators, said they would prefer the name of the road to be Mahatma Gandhi Marg (marg meaning path).

Rev. Savoy is head bishop of the International Community of Christ and Mr Zed is the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.

The request has been made to the local councils of Birkirkara, Qormi, Mosta, Żabbar and Rabat.

The Gandhi Monument Council, with headquarters in the US, is composed of Christian (various denominations), Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Baha'I and Native American clergy.

According to Mr Zed and Rev. Savoy, the purpose of the council is to commemorate Mr Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, his commitment to world peace and his work for the uplift of the downtrodden.

Gandhi was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic and cultural fronts.

His life and thought had an enormous impact on the world and he continues to be widely revered as one of the greatest moral, political and peace leaders of the 20th century.