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Mohandas Gandhi
A Vegetarian Tradition
By some estimates, 40 percent of the people of India are strict vegetarians, following a tradition that has thrived in the region for more than 2,000 years. Civil rights leader Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) was raised on a meatless diet in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat. In the Jain and Hindu faiths that influence Gajarati culture, meat eating is considered a violation of ahimsa -- a principle that one should do no harm to living beings. |