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Mohandas Gandhi
Also known as: Mahatma
1869 – 1948
Indian

Spiritual and political leader. He grounded the Indian independence movement on the principle of Satyagraha, which incorporated the search for the truth (satya), humility, pacifist or non-violent methods of struggle and resistance, and personal self-sacrifice for ideals greater than ourselves.

Gandhi was very complicated, and his life involves paradoxes, such as the virtual abandonment of his wife and children.

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1900–1990Vijaya Pandit
1861–1931Motilal Nehru
1889–1964Jawaharlal Nehru
1879–1949Sarojini Naidu
1895–1986Jiddu Krishnamurti
1876–1948Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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