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crown', it would start a process that would leave the empire to a scab of minor power.
He instructed in his own snobbish way the bureaucrat I.C.S.officers to ignore welfare of India, to enjoy its steel frame, maintain a distance from locals, pamper princes and kings of India, who accepted their hospitality and enjoyed birds and wild life shooting ;for whom Gandhi felt ashamed of their silken robes, pearl necklaces and pass times of harems for sex. It is mentioned that Raja of Patiala Bhupendra Singh had 350 choicest ladies in his harem. King of Gwalior shot 1100 tigers in his life time almost equal to present tiger population in India for which world is striving to conserve them for protecting environment.
There is much to write about the man of the millennium but suffice to end the article for brevity that he offered Mount Batten accept Congress proposal, to be the first Viceroy of the Independent India for wresting it from Britishers in a unique struggle for it for 35 years, despite a saga of suffering by him and by his country men. Mount Batten said that, it was his greatness'.
Gandhi's impact on India and the world is unique. It is quite likely many a young person might be quite unaware of it in their ignorance or due to his appearance. He survives in India after more than 65 years of his passing away ,and may for millennium as India buried deep Jinnah's two-nation-theory of Hindu-India and Muslim-India .We had been following secularism ever since, and so is Indian-Constitution. We had more than 10 All India General and our Assemblies' Election. India
