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Urged to give up a fast, he replied in 1924, "Am fasting to live not die unless God wills otherwise. Don't worry" |
Gandhi
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HISTORIC TELEGRAMS |
2024-06-06 |
#9119 |
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At age 13 he married Kasturba, whom he would later call his teacher in nonviolence |
Gandhi
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$400 |
DJ |
A HISTORY OF NONVIOLENCE |
2022-06-10 |
#8660 |
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The only time he left India after 1915 was to visit London, where Charlie Chaplin found his loin cloth incongruous |
Gandhi
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$1,600 |
DJ |
HISTORICAL ODD PAIRS |
2017-12-15 |
#7655 |
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In 1924 he fasted for 21 days to ease Hindu-Muslim tensions & it worked |
Gandhi
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$200 |
J |
HISTORY |
2015-09-16 |
#7128 |
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In June 1984 she ordered an army attack on a Sikh shrine at Amritsar that killed hundreds |
Indira Gandhi
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$2,000 |
DJ |
HISTORIC WOMEN |
2013-04-15 |
#6586 |
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After a week-long fast, he was released from government detention in Aug. 1933, weighing about 90 pounds |
Gandhi
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$1,000 |
J |
THE 1930s |
2013-03-14 |
#6564 |
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In 1950, 2 years after his murder, some of his ashes were enshrined at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles |
Gandhi
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20th CENTURY LEADERS |
2011-02-01 |
#6077 |
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Can't wait to go to Visva-Bharati U.! Future goal: to be the "I" in '70s Congress-I Party & be India's Madam P.M. (again) |
Indira Gandhi
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$1,000 |
J |
HISTORICAL YEARBOOK ENTRIES? |
2010-07-21 |
#5968 |
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Like mom like son: sadly, her son Rajiv was also assassinated |
Indira Gandhi
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$400 |
DJ |
20th CENTURY WORLD LEADERS |
2008-06-02 |
#5476 |
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On this woman's orders, Indian troops stormed the Golden Temple at Amritsar to oust Sikh fighters holed up there |
Indira Gandhi
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$1,000 |
J |
1984 |
2008-04-23 |
#5448 |
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A 1978 secession from India's Congress Party formed the Congress (I), with the I standing for her |
Indira Gandhi
DD
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$300 |
J |
MODERN HISTORY |
1999-05-05 |
#3388 |
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In 1984 2 of her Sikh bodyguards killed her as revenge for her order to attack the Golden Temple of Amritsar |
Indira Gandhi
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$600 |
DJ |
HISTORIC ASSASSINATIONS |
1998-12-22 |
#3292 |
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Feroze, the man whom this future prime minister married in 1942, was not related to the Mahatma |
Indira Gandhi
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$200 |
DJ |
HISTORIC WOMEN |
1998-10-15 |
#3244 |
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On January 31, 1948, his body was cremated at the Raj Ghat shrine in New Delhi |
Gandhi
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$200 |
J |
HISTORY |
1996-09-09 |
#2761 |
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From 1893 to 1914, this nationalist leader of India practiced law in South Africa |
Gandhi
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$400 |
DJ |
HISTORIC PEOPLE |
1996-03-25 |
#2671 |
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In October 1977 this former PM of India was arrested & charged with corruption while in office |
Indira Gandhi
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$300 |
J |
THE 1970s |
1994-06-01 |
#2258 |
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"The Father of India" |
Gandhi
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$200 |
J |
HISTORIC NICKNAMES |
1994-03-21 |
#2206 |
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In Jan. 1966 she became India's third prime minister, succeeding Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Indira Gandhi
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$100 |
J |
HISTORY |
1993-01-22 |
#1935 |
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On the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966, she became prime minister of India |
Indira Gandhi
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$100 |
J |
HISTORY |
1991-05-16 |
#1559 |
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Sir Richard Attenborough won 1982's Best Director Oscar for this epic which also won Best Picture |
Gandhi
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$300 |
J |
HISTORICAL FILMS |
1990-12-04 |
#1442 |
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In 1977 this prime minister of India resigned |
Indira Gandhi
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$200 |
DJ |
HISTORY |
1990-04-27 |
#1315 |
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In 1978, this once & future Indian prime minister was imprisoned for criminal misconduct |
Indira Gandhi
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$600 |
DJ |
20THCENTURY PERSONALITIES |
1986-12-29 |
#536 |