Today, a 140 years ago, Gandhi was born and Google wants you to know that. If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special logo for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. The logo links you to a Google search result for, you guessed it, [gandhi].

Today is also International Day of Non-Violence, which is out of respect for Gandhi’s birthday.

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