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Good and primarily humane Indian leader? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gandhi

'leader?' is the definition.
(Gandhi is an example)

'good and primarily humane indian' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'humane indian' is 'hi'.
'g'+'and'+'hi'='GANDHI'

(Other definitions for gandhi that I've seen before include "Follower of one side in the Wars of the Roses" , "Famous Indian politician" , "hunger-striker" , "Family name of Indian leaders" , "Leader who preached non-violence" .)

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