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Mahatma Gandhi
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Life & Death

Died aged 78
Also known asMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Bāpu, મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, मोहनदास करमचंद गांधीGenderMaleNationalityIndiaBorn01/10/1869Born inPorbandar, IndiaDied30/01/1948 (aged 78)Died inGandhi SmritiCausegunshot woundWikidataQ1001 ↗Buried atRaj Ghat and associated memorialsTMDb#1120760 ↗

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

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Filmography21 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2022The Century of IconsSeriesSelf (archive footage)153
2022Why I Killed GandhiMovieSelf (archive footage)153
2021The Real Charlie ChaplinMovieSelf (archive footage)152
2018The Doctor From IndiaMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)149
2017Viceroy's HouseMovieSelf (archive footage)148
2017Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black ShirtsMovieSelf - Politician (archive footage)148
2017Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It AllMovieSelf (archive footage)148
2016Kaisa's Enchanted ForestMovieSelf (archive footage)147
2012Infamous AssassinationsSeriesSelf (archive footage)143
2012America's Book of SecretsSeriesSelf (archive footage)143
2010I AmMovieSelf (archive footage)141
2007中印边界战争秘史SeriesSelf138
2005Churchill's BodyguardSeriesSelf (archive footage)136
2005The World's Most PhotographedSeriesSelf (archive footage)136
2004Religion of the WorldSeriesas Self135
1997Mother Teresa: A Life of DevotionMovieSelf (archive footage)128
1996Assassinations That Changed the WorldSeries—127
1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th CenturyMovie—123
1986Mother TeresaMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)117
1985Disasters of the CenturyMovieSelf (archive footage)116
1968Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869-1948MovieSelf99