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Among thousands who watched the flames of the funeral pyre consume the mortal remains of Gandhi on the banks of the Jumna were Rajgumari Amrit Paur, L(...)
Among thousands who watched the flames of the funeral pyre consume the mortal remains of Gandhi on the banks of the Jumna were Rajgumari Amrit Paur, L(...)

Among thousands who watched the flames of the funeral pyre consume the mortal remains of Gandhi on the banks of the Jumna were Rajgumari Amrit Paur, L(...)

Date2/18/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Among thousands who watched the flames of the funeral pyre consume the mortal remains of Gandhi on the banks of the Jumna were Rajgumari Amrit Paur, Lady Mountbatten, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0069749F
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