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When was the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan started?

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SSC GD 2018 Question Paper Hindi (11-Mar-2019) (Shift 3)
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2 October 2014

2 October 2014 is correct.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) at Rajpath, New Delhi, on 2 October 2014, the 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Its goal was to make India open-defecation free and improve solid waste management by 2 October 2019, Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.

15 August is Independence Day, 26 January is Republic Day and 30 January is Gandhi's death anniversary; the mission was not launched on any of these dates.

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