"The US Secretary of State spent about 10 minutes at the memorial. He first visited the room in which Gandhiji had stayed before his assassination and was struck by its aura," he said. "His immediate reaction after seeing the room was -- 'Such a simple man.' "He asked me about the footsteps, and I told him they symbolised the last steps taken by the Mahatma before he was shot dead. Tillerson then remarked -- 'Gandhi was one of the ten global leaders who changed the world.'

Source: Times of India October 25, 2017 10:18 UTC