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Prisoner-turned-president: Nelson Mandela’s life and South Africa’s struggle for freedom bore similarities to India’s independence from the British colonial yoke and Mahatma Gandhi’s role in its transition to a democracy: Photo: File

Saint or statesman? In India Madiba walked his own path

On his first diplomatic visit to India, Nelson Mandela was treated as a kindred spirit and likened to Gandhi, a gesture he gently rejected.

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