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"Who named Mahatma Gandhi 'father of nation'? Govt foxed". Hindustan Times. 3 April 2012.

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Discussions:

Mahatma Gandhi -> Mohandas Gandhi, Moved, 21 November 2007 (diff)
Mohandas Gandhi -> Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Moved, 1 December 2007 (diff)
RM, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -> Mahatma Gandhi, No consensus, 3 June 2008, Talk:Mahatma Gandhi/Archive 6#Requested move
RM, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -> Mahatma Gandhi, Not moved, 1 July 2011, Talk:Mahatma Gandhi/Archive 9#Requested move
RM, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -> Mahatma Gandhi, Moved, 1 January 2013, Talk:Mahatma Gandhi/Archive 11#Requested move
RM, Mahatma Gandhi -> Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Not moved, 12 June 2013, Talk:Mahatma Gandhi/Archive 12#Requested Move (June 2013)
See also Talk:Mahatma Gandhi/Mahatma vs. Mohandas

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Three years in London	28	10,586
Student of law	5,404	5,404
Vegetarianism and committee work	3,923	3,923
Called to the bar	1,231	1,231
Civil rights activist in South Africa (1893–1914)	9,618	18,202
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Role in World War I	3,834	3,834
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Khilafat movement	8,984	8,984
Non-co-operation	7,774	7,774
Salt Satyagraha (Salt March)	6,414	6,414
Gandhi as folk hero	2,734	2,734
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Congress politics	2,313	2,313
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2022 and 13 May 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): M.HernandezFer (article contribs).

Semi-protected edit request on 31 December 2023 edit

Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

Request to add to Scholarly Articles section: Gandhi, Schiller and King: The Power of Truth-Force and Sublime Compassion https://schillerinstitut.dk/si/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Gandhi-Schiller-King-english.pdf Mich.ras (talk) 10:30, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Not done: The "General and cited references" section holds works that were consulted during the creation of the article but are not linked to any specific piece of text. Did you or another editor consult this source when contributing to the article? Additionally, as noted in WP:GENREF, general references lose text-source integrity, so it is best to cite the work directly inline. Liu1126 (talk) 11:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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V. Mishra'IND (talk) 14:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mahatma Gandhi is not father of nation, Mahatma Gandhi Was Never Declared ‘Father Of Nation. The home ministry says Article 18 (1) of the Constitution does not permit any titles except education and military ones.

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 14:50, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Revert of ip, no explanation edit

Latest comment: 19 days ago8 comments2 people in discussion

Hi @Capitals00:. I was wondering why did you revert the ip's post? I don't see the need to revert and much less revert without an edit summary. Sincerely, --Thinker78 (talk) 03:12, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

That message was nothing more than blatant trolling and I obviously reverted it per WP:DNFT. Capitals00 (talk) 03:41, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I see it more as a content dispute between you and the ip. What they pointed out can be found in criticism against Gandhi elsewhere, in the very easy google search I did. Please restore and use the consensus process. Thanks. Thinker78 (talk) 19:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

It is not a content dispute but blatant trolling. You really need find something productive instead of feeding the troll. Capitals00 (talk) 01:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Info about criticism against Gandhi edit

There has been criticism against Gandhi, including claims that he was a British agent,^[1] his practices of sleeping with naked women,^[2] bias and rivalry with Nehru.^[3] The revert of the ip post was undue and failed to assume good faith. Sincerely, Thinker78 (talk) 21:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Your third source is not supportive of your claim. In fact it is simply the opposite.

As for the rest, so what do you want us to do? Add this all into the article? There are those who claim Holocaust was a hoax, COVID is fake, vaccines cause deaths and more and they do get coverage but when they raise those issues here we simply revert them away.

You are just wasting time over a troll IP and you need to stop it. Capitals00 (talk) 01:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Capitals00 I request that you follow the consensus policy and the dispute resolution policy. Anonymous ips also have the right according to the Wikipedia's Five Pillars to present legitimate points in the talk page. I do not appreciate at all that you are telling me that I need to stop simply because it is an ip and you were in the wrong reverting without a proper edit summary and calling it trolling when it was not trolling, failing to assume good faith.

Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute.

Thanks. Thinker78 (talk) 03:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

"As for the rest, so what do you want us to do?" I simply presented the information backed by sources. It is up to a consensus whether to include it or not. You are pointing out to other things but even for those things there is a policy called WP:FRINGE, which I don't know if it is the case with the information presented by the ip. Sincerely, Thinker78 (talk) 03:41, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

References

^ "Katju does it again, says Mahatma Gandhi was a British agent". India Today. 13 Mar 2015. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.
^ Jack, Ian (1 Oct 2018). "How would Gandhi's celibacy tests with naked women be seen today?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.
^ Misra, Salil (13 Nov 2019). "Gandhi & Nehru: poles apart but they transformed each other and the freedom struggle". National Herald of India. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.

April 2024 edit

Latest comment: 9 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Change every mention of "convicted for" to "convicted of." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pplantier (talk • contribs) 15:17, 6 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Bapu doesnt means Father edit

Latest comment: 9 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Bapu is gujarati word usually used to address elderly wise men. Its being misinterpreted with hindi word baap. It gujarat anyone above 50 and mostly belonging to saurashtra region are addressed in respect as bapu, similarly in north india people address elderly as babuji.

I am sorry as i cannot produce citation for same, but being a gujarati i can explain the difference. Unvindia (talk) 00:32, 7 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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[1] "Katju does it again, says Mahatma Gandhi was a British agent". India Today. 13 Mar 2015. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.

[2] Jack, Ian (1 Oct 2018). "How would Gandhi's celibacy tests with naked women be seen today?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.

[3] Misra, Salil (13 Nov 2019). "Gandhi & Nehru: poles apart but they transformed each other and the freedom struggle". National Herald of India. Retrieved 27 Mar 2024.

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