Gandhi said the following a few months before he was assasinated.
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"Even if I am killed, I will not give up repeating the names of Ram and Rahim, which mean to me the same God. With these names on my lips, I will die cheerfully." "During India's independence there were many riots between Hindus and Muslims.Ram means god in Hindu, and Rahim means God in muslim. By saying this, he was in a way uniting the two religions, and try and prevent the tension between them.