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Indian nonviolence advocates

  • Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula. His father Karamchand Uttamchand…
  • Mahadev DesaiMahadev Haribhai Desai entered the world on the 1st of January 1892 in the village of Saras. This small settlement sits within the Surat district of Gujarat.
  • MahaviraScholars have debated the exact year of Mahavira's birth for over a century. Traditional Jain accounts place his birth in 599 BCE and his death in either 527…