Mahatma Gandhi

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GHANDI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable") - applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa - is now used worldwide [1].

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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi