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Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World (1954)

A private citizen without health died on January 30, 1948. Mohandas K. Gandhi fell after being shot three times at the age of seventy-eight. Many people looked up to Gandhi. To pay respect, humanity followed by the UN lowered their flags to half-mast. Almost a million people waited near Jumna, not far from New Delhi, for the funeral to proceed. Not far from the river was a pyre built of stone, brick, and earth. Gandhi’s body will lie upon this pyre; having his head to the north, representing when a Buddha has ended his life.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India on October 2, 1869. His parents’ names were Karamchand and Putlibai. Gandhi’s father owned a home in Rajkot, Porbandar, and Kutiana. Karamchand wore a gold necklace, while one of his sons wore a solid-gold armlet. As Gandhi grew older, he became more social and played in the streets with his friends. At the age of twelve, Gandhi would steal from......

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