New Delhi: PM Dr Manmohan Singh, along with the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 144th birth anniversary on Wednesday.

The leaders paid floral tributes at Rajghat the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of the Yamuna river. They were accompanied by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath.

A minutes silence was observed at the black stone memorial by all the leaders.

The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti across the country. It is also marked as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Mahatma Gandhi, born this day in 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat, played a key role in Indias independence struggle. He was assassinated on January 30, 1948.