500 pupils from a school in Calcutta, India, set a new world record by wearing fake mustaches and dressed as political icon Mahatma Gandhi.
metro.co.uk reports:
The assembled pupils took part in a 0.5km ‘Rise Up’ march in honour of Gandhi, who was assassinated 64 years ago to the day, to promote his ideology of non-violence.
The gathering broke a previous record set in 2010 when 255 pupils dressed up as Gandhi in Coimbatore, southern India.
Inspiration was taken from Gandhi’s famed 1930 peace march which led to the wider Indian independence movement against British East India Company rule.
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