“Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Sanskrit learning.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)

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pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-rul… 1869–1948

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