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Mahatma Gandhi addressing a large meeting at Azad Maidan, Bombay, April 7, 1931 (Photo: AP)

Mahatma Gandhi addressing a large meeting at Azad Maidan, Bombay, April 7, 1931 (Photo: AP)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi recuperating after being severely beaten on February 10, 1908 as he was making his way to a registration office, South Africa (Photo: Getty Images)

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi recuperating after being severely beaten on February 10, 1908 as he was making his way to a registration office, South Africa (Photo: Getty Images)

A historic scene during a conference of the All India Conference Committee in Bombay. Gandhi hears the whispered suggestion of Mahadev Desai, his Secretary, while Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru sits serenely in the foreground, July 8, 1942, Bombay (Photo: Getty Images)

A historic scene during a conference of the All India Conference Committee in Bombay. Gandhi hears the whispered suggestion of Mahadev Desai, his Secretary, while Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru sits serenely in the foreground, July 8, 1942, Bombay (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi, 1931  (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi, 1931 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi busy in work (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi busy in work (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi (right), fellow delegate Madan Mohan Malaviya (center) and Captain H. Jack Morton (left) aboard the S.S. Rajputana en route to the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London (Photo: AP)

Mahatma Gandhi (right), fellow delegate Madan Mohan Malaviya (center) and Captain H. Jack Morton (left) aboard the S.S. Rajputana en route to the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London (Photo: AP)

An admiring crowd gathers to witness the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in Canning Town, East London, as he calls upon Charlie Chaplin. Gandhi was in London to attend the Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform (Photo: Getty Images)

An admiring crowd gathers to witness the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in Canning Town, East London, as he calls upon Charlie Chaplin. Gandhi was in London to attend the Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, during their talks in Bombay, 1944 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, during their talks in Bombay, 1944 (Photo: Getty Images)

Gandhi with Edwina and Lord Louis Mountbatten, March 31, 1947 (Photo: Getty Images)

Gandhi with Edwina and Lord Louis Mountbatten, March 31, 1947 (Photo: Getty Images)

The body of Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, New Delhi (Photo: Getty Images)

The body of Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, New Delhi (Photo: Getty Images)

Soldiers block crowds at the cremation of Mahatma Gandhi, January 31, 1948 (Photo: Getty Images)

Soldiers block crowds at the cremation of Mahatma Gandhi, January 31, 1948 (Photo: Getty Images)

The handgun used in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, January 30, 1948 (Photo: Getty Images)

The handgun used in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, January 30, 1948 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mahatma Gandhi breaking the salt law, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi breaking the salt law, 1930

Mohandas Karamchand, 1876 (Photo: Getty Images)

Mohandas Karamchand, 1876 (Photo: Getty Images)