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[edit] Revolution biography infobox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
2 October 186930 January 1948

India's "Father of the Nation" - Mahatma Gandhi
Alternate name: Mahatma Gandhi
Date of birth: October 2, 1869
Place of birth: Porbandar, Gujarat, India
Date of death: January 30, 1948 (aged 78)
Place of death: New Delhi, India
Movement: Indian independence movement
Major organizations: Indian National Congress

A revolution biography infobox may be used to summarize information about a person involved in a revolution. It has been created so as to include information such as organization and movement which may not be included in other biographical infoboxes.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox revolution biography}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox revolution biography
|name=
|lived=
|dateofbirth=
|placeofbirth=
|dateofdeath=
|placeofdeath=
|image=
|caption=
|alternate name=
|movement=
|organizations=
}}
  • name – the full name of the person.
  • lived – the dates of birth and death, usually separated with a dash. Only one should be indicated if only one is known, or if the person is still alive.
  • dateofbirthoptional – the date the person was born.
  • placeofbirthoptional – the place where the person was born.
  • dateofdeathoptional – the date the person died.
  • placeofdeathoptional – the place where the person died.
  • imageoptional – an image of the person. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
  • captionoptional – the text to be placed below the image.
  • alternate nameoptional – alternate name(s) by which the person was known.
  • movementoptional – the movement of the country or other power the person served.
  • organizationsoptional – the organizations which this person worked with in order to meet their revolutionary goals