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Jan.30： Mohandas Gandhi

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Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Wikipedia
Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India
Assassinated: January 30, 1948, New Delhi, India
Children: Harilal Gandhi, Devdas Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi
Parents: Karamchand Gandhi, Putlibai Gandhi
Quotes

Where there is love there is life.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi, India on this day in 1948 (aged 78).
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right."
—Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi, called Mahatma (“great soul”), was the father of modern India, but his influence has spread well beyond the subcontinent and is as important today as it was in the first part of the twentieth century and during this nation’s own civil rights movement. Taken from Gandhi’s writings throughout his life, The Essential Gandhi introduces us to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, non-violence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of the greatest spiritual leaders the world has known. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/the-essential-gandhi-…/

Today marks 70 years since the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi. A pioneer of peaceful protest, he worked tirelessly for an independent India, but was killed just six months after independence was achieved. This plate features a portrait of Gandhi, and is made from bamboo decorated with black lacquer and gold leaf. The inscriptions around the edge contain some of his sayings (in Tamil): ‘Freedom is a birthright’, ‘Don’t give space to outsiders’, ‘Yield to your enemy’.
Learn about Gandhi’s life and thousands of years of Indian history in our newly refurbished gallery of China and South Asia:
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