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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Followers Of Gandhi's Ideology}}<br />
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The followers of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], the sole icon of the [[Indian independence movement]], are called '''Gandhians'''. Gandhi's legacy includes a wide range of ideas ranging from his dream of ideal India (or ''Rama Rajya)'', [[Gandhian economics|economics]], [[environmentalism]], [[feminism]], [[spirituality]], the [[Truth]], [[nonviolence]] and [[asceticism]]. Thus Gandhians hailing from wide range of work profile attribute their ideas to him. An overwhelming number of [[Bharat Ratna]] awardees are such individuals. In a 2012 poll called [[The Greatest Indian]], the jury decided to keep Gandhi out as it "is impossible for anyone to come close to the father of the nation when it comes to leadership, impact and contribution". The poll included as many as 10 individuals in top 20 who were either close aides, disciples, successors or Gandhian idealogues.{{efn|Among the top 20 entries of [[The Greatest Indian]]<br />
* Close aides: [[Vallabhbhai Patel]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[C. Rajagopalachari]], [[Vinoba Bhave]], [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]]<br />
* Disciples: [[Baba Amte]], [[Ela Bhatt]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]<br />
* Idealogues: [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=CK|first=Faisal|title=From Vajpayee’s founding speech to Modi’s deeds, the BJP has deviated from its stated ideals|url=https://scroll.in/article/945590/from-vajpayees-founding-speech-to-modis-deeds-the-bjp-has-deviated-from-its-stated-ideals|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|quote="Vajpayee unequivocally declared that Gandhian Socialism was the foundational ideology of the newly launched party."}}</ref> [[Ram Manohar Lohia]]}}<br />
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|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
|Gandhi designated him as his political heir.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]<br />
|Along with Nehru, Patel was the closest aide of Gandhi.<br />
|-<br />
|[[Vinoba Bhave]]<br />
|He is deemed as the spiritual heir of Gandhi<br />
|-<br />
|[[Nelson Mandela]]<br />
|First president of South Africa<br />
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|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]<br />
|American [[civil rights movement]] activist<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ho Chi Minh]]<br />
|"I and others may be revolutionaries, but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ho Chi Minh: Remembering the King and the Saint|url=https://thewire.in/history/ho-chi-minh-vietnam|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-20|website=The Wire|quote="I and others may be revolutionaries, but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less".}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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