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Q. To whom is the statement “Cowardice and ahimsa do not go together any more than water and fire” attributed?

A
M K Gandhi
B
Acharya Narendra Dev
C
Swami Vivekananda
D
Jayaprakash Narayan

Correct Answer

M K Gandhi

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