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How Did Mahatma Gandhi Seek to Identify with the Common People?
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Mahatma Gandhi seeked to identify himself with the common people of India. For this action plan
(a) He began to live in a very simple life style. He wore simple clothes which a poor Indian would wear.
(b) He spoke the language of local people.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi opposed the caste system and attacked untouchability personally lived with the Harijan.
(d) Mahatma Gandhi attached dignity to labour and physical work. He worked on Charkha and cleaned toilets.
(e) He attacked the sentiment of the feeling of classifying people into low and high.
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