18 July,2016 01:42 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Students from New Delhi school, on Monday paid tribute to South African leader Nelson Mandela on his birth anniversary
Students from New Delhi school, on Monday paid tribute to South African leader Nelson Mandela on his birth anniversary.
Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
School students at the event
For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity - as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.
The former South African President, who was awarded Bharat Ratna and the Nobel Peace Prize, passed away in 2013 at the age of 95.
