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Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi tried to kill themselves during adolescence, and that both suffered severe bouts of depression later in life.

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"Mahatma" is a Sanskrit honorific, like "Saint", and not the first name of *Mohandas* Gandhi

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  1. Winston Churchill and Mohandas Gandhi were both present at the Battle of Spion Kop during the Boer War in 1900: Churchill as a courier and Gandhi as a volunteer stretcher-bearer.

  2. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (unrelated to Mohandas Gandhi) ordered a 21 month "blackout" in India from 1975 to 1977. Most of her political opponents were imprisoned, and press was silenced. A mass sterilization campaign was also spearheaded by her son.

  3. Mohandas Gandhi wrote Adolph Hitler pleading for peace "for the sake of humanity" one month before Hitler invaded Poland, effectively starting WWII.

  4. Winston Churchill, Mohandas Gandhi, and Louis Botha (The first president of the Union of South Africa) were all present at the Battle of Spioenkop in 1900, during the Second Ango-Boer War

  5. In 1984, Indira Gandhi (unrelated to Mohandas Gandhi), Prime Minister of India, led Operation Blue Star, an attack on a golden Sikh temple with 492 casualties. In retaliation, two Sikhs murdered her. This resulted in Congress promoting anti-Sikh riots that resulted in thousands of deaths.

  6. Mohandas Gandhi morally supported the creation of Israel, but voted against its creation and admission to the UN.

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