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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi or The Father of the Nation in India, undertook 17 fasts during India's freedom movement. His longest fasts lasted 21 days. [1] Fasting was a weapon used by Gandhi as part of his philosophy of Ahimsa or Non Violence.[2]
List of fasts done by Mahatma Gandhi
India, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Canada, Australia
Islam, Hadith, Islamic philosophy, Quranism, Muhammad
Yoga, Mahabharata, Buddhism, Upanishads, Ramayana
Easter, Lent, Yom Kippur, Christmas, Holy Week
Bill Clinton, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, African National Congress, Nobel Peace Prize
Nelson Mandela, Leo Tolstoy, Socialism, Barack Obama, Henry David Thoreau
Dalit, Sikhs, Ramsay Macdonald, Muslims, Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Hinduism, India, Gujarat
Hinduism, Muhammad, Nelson Mandela, African National Congress, Henry David Thoreau