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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, right, with his brother Laxmidas in an image from 1886. Gandhi was very attached to his oldest brother. After their father passed away, it was Laxmidas who arranged for funds to send his younger brother abroad to study law at University College London. 2 October 2011 marks the 142nd birth anniversary of the Mahatma.
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