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Ghandi was born
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In 1919 he became a leader in the newly formed Indian National Congress political party -
Gandhi began his peaceful revolution. He declared he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. -
he retired as head of the party but remained its actual leader. -
when India won independence. The subcontinent split into two countries (India and Pakistan) and brought Hindu-Muslim riots. Again Gandhi turned to nonviolence,
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On Jan. 30, 1948, while on his way to prayer in Delhi, Gandhi was killed by a Hindu who had been maddened by the Mahatma’s efforts to reconcile Hindus and Muslims
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An epic motion picture based on his life won several Academy awards in 1983. -
In January 1997, nearly 50 years after his assassination, the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were spread in the Ganges river during a ceremony honoring his memory in Allahabad, India. Tushar Gandhi, the Mahatma’s great-grandson, performed the act of dispersing the remains as thousands of onlookers chanted slogans in remembrance of the man who had succeeded, however briefly, in unifying a nation historically divided along religious and ethnic lines.