“Photo showing Gandhi touching the feet of Babasaheb Ambedkar.”
What FACTLY found
The viral photo is an edited version of another photo. The original photo of Babasaheb Ambedkar shows him with his wife, servant, and pet dog, without Gandhi. The original photo of Gandhi is from the 1930 Dandi March and depicts him picking up salt. These two photos were combined and presented to show Gandhi touching Ambedkar’s feet.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 September 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 September 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0vjBbNk3omtLPKPCwd7JoCNmEQHz38GkRn…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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