Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi's father Karamchand Gandhi's (1822-1885) fourth wife, Putlibai, was Gandhiji's mother? The first three wives of Mahatma Gandhi's father had apparently died in childbirth.

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Did you know that the Indian classics, particularly, the stories of Shravana and Maharaja Harishchandra had a remarkable influence on Mahatma Gandhi? In his personal memoirs, he writes, 'I must have acted Harishchandra to myself many times.'

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Did you know that in May 1883, the 13-year-old Mohandas Gandhi was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji in an arranged child marriage?

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Did you know, Mahatma Gandhi remained an average student and he passed the matriculation examination (10th class) with some difficulty?

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Geeta Chhabra