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The United Kingdom granted India freedom on August15, 1947. But Gandhidid not take part in the Independence celebrations. The partition of India into two nations India and Pakistan grieved Gandhi. The violent rioting between Hindus and Muslims that accompanied the partition saddened him. He had worked for a united country and urged that Hindus and Muslims should live together in peace. On January 13th, 1948, at the age of 78, Gandhi began his last fast. His purpose was to end the bloodshed among Hindu, Muslim, and other groups. On January 18th, their leaders pledged to stop fighting and Gandhi broke his fast. Twelve days later, in New Delhi, while on his way to a prayer meeting, Gandhi was assassinated. A Hindu fanatic, who opposed Gandhi's programme of tolerance to all creeds and religions, shot him three times. A shocked India and a world mourned Gandhi's death. Gandhi was loved and admired by illions throughout the world because he lived his ideals in an age of cynicism. He insisted on honorable means instead of the principle of the end justifying the means, lived a simple life in a world of mounting complexity, and practised nonviolence in a world of escalating violence |
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