“One golden rule is to accept the interpretation honestly put on the pledge by the party administering it.”

—  Mahatma Gandhi

Part I, Chapter 17, Experiments in Dietetics
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)

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

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