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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as the Mahatma (“Great Soul”), in London, 1931.
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in early January 1915.12
After deciding to leave South Africa in the summer of 1914, he and his family spent several months in London before departing for India in December 1914, ultimately arriving in Bombay the following month. Upon his return, he joined the Indian National Congress during the period of World War I.21