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My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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Mohandas K Gandhi
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