“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.”

—  Mahatma Gandhi

Speech at Victoria Hall, Geneva (10 December 1931) http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/listen_to_gandhi/lec_11_france_genevawtrans/augven_geneva_01.html <br class="br">1930s

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

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