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Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
Autobiographer
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Humanitarian
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas K Gandhi
M K Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Bapu
Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhiji
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Father of the Nation
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