Mohanlal Pandya was an

Indian freedom fighter The Indian independence movement consisted of efforts by individuals and organizations from a wide spectrum of society to obtain political independence from the British, French and Portuguese rule through the use of a many methods. This is a l ...

, social reformer and one of the earliest followers of

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. Along with fellow Gandhians like

Narhari Parikh Narhari Dwarkadas Parikh was a writer, independence activist and social reformer from Gujarat, India. Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he was associated with Gandhian institutes throughout his life. He wrote biographies, edited works by associat ...

and

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, Pandya was a key organizer of nationalist revolts in

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, and a leading figure in the fight against alcoholism, illiteracy,

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, and a major proponent of women's freedoms and Gandhian values. In 1909, Pandya threw a bomb on Viceroy Minto and his wife, in Ahmedabad. The Mintos escaped unhurt. Pandya was a close associate of both Gandhi and

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during the

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. Mohanlal Pandya was nicknamed as "Onion Thief" ("Dungli Chor") by Gandhi because he had harvested onion from the land which was taken away by the British Government.

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