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May 24, 1976

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MAHATMA GANDHI AND HIS APOSTLES III-THE COMPANY THEY KEEP

Ved Mehta

PROFILE of Gandhi. Gandhi took the vow of brahmacharya, or celibacy, which among Hindus is considered the ultimate act of self-sacrifice, the surest way of…