“I am shocked by this wicked crime.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

Reaction to the assassination of Gandhi. Ottawa Citizen, Jan. 27, 1948. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&amp;dat=19480127&amp;id=n_4uAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=GNwFAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=1578,6285092&amp;hl=en <br class="br">Post-war years (1945–1955)

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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