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Mohanas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IPA: [moɦənd̪äs kərəmtʃənd̪ gä̃d̪ʱi]) (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul", an epithet given by Rabindranath Tagore) and as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu or "Father"). In India, he is officially accorded the honour of Father of the Nation. 2 October, his birthday, is commemorated each year as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday. On 15 June 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution declaring 2 October to be the "International Day of Non-Violence".

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  • In 1950, 2 years after his murder, some of his ashes were enshrined at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles
  • In 1930 this Indian pacifist marched 200 miles to the sea to protest Britain's salt tax
  • Multi-Oscared Mahatma movie(6)
  • This Indian wrote, "I have nothing new to teach the world; truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills"
  • Dustin Hoffman & Alec Guinness were considered for this role that won an Oscar for Ben Kingsley
  • He fasted, furiously but nonviolently, in 1924, 1932, 1947 & 1948
  • On Jan. 13, 1948 at the age of 78, he began his last fast, which lasted 5 days
  • A peace prize has the Gujarati word for "peace" inscribed on it & is named for this man who died in 1948
  • A Hindu leader
  • He was in jail at Poona when time named him its man of the year for 1930
  • 1942:Indira Nehru
  • On February 10, 1943 he started a 21-day fast
  • Prior to moving back to India in 1914, he lived in South Africa for 21 years, editing the Indian Opinion newspaper
  • Last name of Sonia, who was poised to become prime minister of India in 2004 but declined the post
  • Born: Oct. 2, 1869, Porbandar, India. Died: Jan. 30, 1948, New Delhi, India
  • Daniel Day-Lewis played a young hoodlum who accosts Ben Kingsley in this 1982 epic
  • In 1947 his fasting stopped riots in Calcutta & his sunny attitude takes him far in the game; everyone likes Mo
  • In 1930 this man led a march to the sea to collect salt in protest of a monopoly by the govt. of India
  • This leader of India's independence movement was known as "the Great Soul"
  • Though never prime minister himself, this man seen here influenced India like few others before or since
  • He became a lawyer in London in 1891
  • In 1948 Nathuram Godse killed this Asian leader who had spoken of "the willing sacrifice of the innocent"
  • Later to win multiple Oscars, this film premiered in November 1982 in New Delhi
  • While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader
  • This pacifist led 100s on a 240-mile march to the sea, making salt from seawater to protest the salt acts
  • He never was the political head of his home country
  • This 20th c. leader wrote, "For me the observance of... Brahmacharya has been full of difficulties"

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