When was the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan started?
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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