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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolent social protest. He led the struggle for India's independence from British colonial rule and in 1939 he went on a hunger strike for peace.

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