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The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
Autobiographer
Barrister
Civil Rights Advocate
Civil Rights Leader
Essayist
Humanitarian
Journalist
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Newspaper Editor
Peace Activist
Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas K Gandhi
M K Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Bapu
Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhiji
Gandhji
Bapuji
Father of the Nation
Mahatma Gandhi
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