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1878 – 1972 · Thorapalli
C. Rajagopalachari
The lawyer who helped free a nation, then handed it its oldest tale in plain words.
Born Thorapalli, India
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C. Rajagopalachari, known warmly across India as Rajaji, was a lawyer, writer, and statesman born in 1878 in a small village in what is now Tamil Nadu. He trained in law, then gave up his practice to join Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's freedom movement. The two men became close, so close that Rajaji's daughter married Gandhi's son.
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- Ramayana 3rd century BC
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