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Dates: during 1945-1945
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Last week Miraben still had her platonic love for Gandhi-but at a distance. Months ago she fell in love with another Gandhi disciple, handsome, well-built Prithvi Singh, 55. Gandhi, who swears his converts to celibacy, offered to make an exception. But Prithvi Singh refused to marry Miraben. Soon afterwards he split with Gandhi, became a Communist and married another girl. Then Miraben wearied of the jealousies and squabbles in Gandhi's ashram (place of retreat) at Sevagram. She moved to the Himalaya foothills and founded anashram...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Platonic Divorce | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

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