BOMBAY, Dec 10 (AFP) - Around 300 Tibetans Tuesday began a 1,350 kilometre (844 mile) march across India to appeal for world peace and denounce Chinese rule in Tibet, police said.

The marchers set off on their two-month trek from Wardha, the home town of the late Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi about 500 kilometres (312 miles) east of here.

The event is due to end in New Delhi on February 15 next year.

Wardha police chief Ramesh Godam said the marchers, led by Choepang Wangchuk, paid homage at Gandhi's home before holding a public meeting in the town square where they denounced Chinese rule in Tibet.

The marchers carried Indian and Tibetan flags, banners and placards as they shouted slogans calling for a free Tibet.

The marchers, including Buddhist monks, also carried photographs of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.