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Last Month of Gandhi's Life
What was Gandhi doing the last month of his life? This site offers a calendar of his last month. Click on each day to read an article about what Gandhi was doing on that day.

Mahatma Gandhi Album
An eclectic collection of Gandhi photos, quotes, and notes.

Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths
Mark Shepard's great attempt to clear up some confusion surrounding Gandhi.

The Man - The Mahatma
A fantastic resource created by high school students for the Thinkquest competition. Includes a plethora of resources.

Manas: Mahatma Gandhi Biography
A thorough, five-page biography of Gandhi.

Murder of the Mahatma
There were many murder attempts on Gandhi. This site offers a great overview of the five most well-documented attempts as well as the final, successful assassination attempt. (Use the pull-down menu at the top of the article to get to each attempt.)

Philosophy: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
These are selections from Gandhi's own speeches and writings that illuminate his thoughts on 96 different topics that range from truth to nuclear war.

Photo Essay
A fantastic collection of ten, annotated photographs of Gandhi from Time magazine.

Photographs: Gandhi
An awesome collection of photographs, grouped into sections of Gandhi with other leaders, portraits, youth, public meetings, funeral, events, in South Africa, and more.

Photos: Gandhi Virtual Ashram
A great collection of 18 photographs of Gandhi at work; fascinating photographs. (Be sure to go to page 2 for the additional eight photos.)

Quotes by Gandhi
A collection of 211 quotes by Mahatma Gandhi.

Sacred Warrior
Nelson Mandella writes about Gandhi and his work in South Africa and his lasting influence on the country where Gandhi spent 21 years.

Short Chronology of Gandhi's Life
Not really "short," in fact, quite a nice timeline of Gandhi's life.

TIME 100: Mohandas Gandhi
A biographical essay about Gandhi, as Time magazine's runner-up for Man of the Century.

Timeline of Mahatma Gandhi
An extensive timeline of Mahatma Gandhi's life split into five ranges of dates.

Years of Fast
One of Gandhi's most potent weapons was his fasting. This timeline gives the dates and reasons that Gandhi fasted from 1913 to 1947.

Wikipedia: Gandhi
A great encyclopedic biography of Mohandas Gandhi.

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