List_of_fasts_undertaken_by_Mahatma_Gandhi

List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi

List of fasts undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, informally The Father of the Nation in India, undertook 18 fasts during India's freedom movement. His longest fasts lasted 21 days. Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa (non-violence) as well as satyagraha.[1]

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