The 60th anniversary of Gandhi's death

January 1 1930: Gandhi leads the Salt March in protest at the government monopoly on salt production Photograph: Central Press/Getty

September 22 1931, Canning Town, London: An admiring crowd gathers to witness the arrival of Gandhi as he calls on Charlie Chaplin Photograph: London Express/Getty

March 25 1933: Gandhi fasts in protest against British rule after his release from prison in Poona Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty

1946, Bengal: Gandhi poses during his tour of Bengal province Photograph: Getty

February 8 1948, New Delhi: A huge crowd awaits the arrival Gandhi's funeral procession Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

February 1948: A crowd watches Gandhi's funeral pyre Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty

Janury 26 2008, Mumbai: People pay tribute to 'Asthi Kalash' - the ashes of Gandhi - on display at Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya Photograph: EPA

January 29 2008, Amritsar: A statue of Gandhi is silhouetted against the early morning sky Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA

January 29 2008, Kolkata: A man walks past a wall painting of Gandhi Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

January 30 2007, Kolkata: An artist draws a portrait of Gandhi Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

January 30 2007, Mumbai: The great-granddaughter of Gandhi pays tribute, with family members, at the urn containing some recently-found ashes Photograph: Sajjad Hussein/AFP

January 30 2008, New Delhi: People pay floral tribute at the memorial to Gandhi Photograph: Mustafa Quraishi/AP

January 30 2007, Mumbai, India: Nilamben Parikh, Gandhi's great-granddaughter, spreads the ashes in the Arabian Sea Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP