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The memorial statue of Mahatma Gandhi seen on the 65th anniversary of his death in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 30, 2013. The statue was offered by the Indian government in 2002 to commemorate the freedom fighter assasinated on January 30, 1948 in New Delhi. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Gandhi blood sample fails to sell at UK auction of Indian leader’s personal items

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A statue of Mahatma Gandhi is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Jan, 30, 2013. On May 21, 2013, an auction... (more...)

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The nationalist leader’s more controversial ideas have been written out of history, writes Patrick French. This week, the National Archives here in New Delhi released a set of letters between Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and a close friend from his South African days, Hermann Kallenbach, a German Jewish architect.

The ‘truth’ is Mahatma Ghandi was a wily tactician, not India’s smiling saint, columnist says

The nationalist leader’s more controversial ideas have been written out of history, writes Patrick French. This week, the... (more...)

Indian protesters hold candles during a rally in New Delhi late December 29,2012, after the death of a gang rape victim from the Indian capital. Indian leaders appealed for calm and security forces headed off fresh unrest by turning New Delhi into a fortress after a student who was savagely gang-raped died in a Singapore hospital. Police threw a ring of steel around the centre of the Indian capital after news of the 23-year-old medical student's death was broken in the early hours by the Singapore hospital that had been treating her for the last two days. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/Getty Images)

India’s moment of truth as New Delhi gang rapists face execution

DEAN NELSON THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Indian protesters hold candles during a rally in New Delhi late Dec. 29, 2012, after the... (more...)

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