4. The Same Gun Carriage That Bore Gandhi's Body During His Funeral Also Carried Mother Teresa In 1997
Mother Teresa is another person who is held in high reverence in India - and she was also given a grand funeral when she died in September 1997. In fact, the Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary was given a procession on the very same gun carriage that had been used to carry Gandhi 49 years previously.
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