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Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian political liberator, was assassinated in 1948. Religion News Service file photo

Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian “mahatma” (great teacher) and political liberator was assassinated in 1948. *On this day in history note: On Sept. 20, 1932 Gandhi began a hunger strike against the treatment of untouchables. Religion News Service file photo