January 30 is celebrated in India as Rural Tourism Day. This auspicious day marks the anniversary of the day Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated, a leader with a vision to focus on the development of the village.
The Indian Trust for Rural Heritage and Development (ITRHD) plans to enlarge its activities and projects to cover more areas. This was stated today on Saturday, January 30, 2021, in New Delhi, India, by S. K. Misra, Chairman of the trust. Misra was speaking at the Rural Tourism Day event, which is observed on the day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.
Misra, a former bureaucrat, has done much for tourism in various roles and also headed the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) which is involved in…