Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi aka The Apostle of Non-violence 2 October 1869 (+) is born in Porbandar, India. 12 March 1930 (x) leads a 200-mile Salt Satyagraha in defiance of British opposition and the Salt Tax in Ahmedabad, India. 20 September 1932 (x) embarks on a six-day fast as start of a new campaign to improve the lives of untouchables in Pune, India. 8 May 1933 (x) starts his Third Anti-Untouchability Fast, for the improvement of Harijans' condition in Pune, India. 30 January 1948 (-) is assassinated by 38-year-old extremist Hindu Nathuram Godse in New Delhi, India. |
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