Murdered on 30 Jan.1948 by a Hindu nationalist who thought Gandhi was too sympathetic to India's Muslims. 30 January is observed as Martyrs' Day in India. The honorific Mahatma ("Great Soul") was applied to him by 1914 applying Thoreau's Civil Disobedienc, a photo by "†OnlyByGrace" on Flickr.
Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot much of the time, which
produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet.
He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered
from bad breath. This made him ...
A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.