Gandhi’s Life in Photos

[BMDablu]

In the first of these images, Gandhi, right, is pictured with his brother Laxmidas Gandhi in 1886 in India. In the second photograph, he is in the center, in South Africa, where he was practicing law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gandhi addressing a farewell gathering in South Africa in 1914 before going to Britain and later to India in 1915. It was around this time that the honorific “mahatma” or “great soul” was first applied to him.

 

 

 

 

 

Gandhi in 1924 with Indira, the daughter of Nehru, who was prime minister after India gained independence in 1947. She would later also serve as the country’s prime minister, known by her married name, Indira Gandhi. (She was not related to Mohandas K. Gandhi and was herself assassinated, in 1984.)

 

 

 

 

Gandhi in 1930 at the start of the protest that became known as the Salt March. Over several weeks, he and his followers walked some 240 miles from his religious retreat on the Sabarmati River in Gujarat to the coast at the town of Dandi, urging Indians to defy colonial laws taxing salt and restricting its production. The march ignited a major campaign of civil disobedience, and focused international attention on Gandhi and his advocacy of satyagraha, or nonviolent resistance.

 

 

 

 

Crowds gathering to hear Gandhi speak next to the Sabarmati River in the early 1930s.

 

 

 

 

 

Workers during a labor strike in the 1930s as the movement to end Britain’s colonial rule grew stronger. Tens of thousands were jailed over the Salt March or related protests, including Gandhi himself.

 

 

 

 

Gandhi breaking a fast after being released from prison. He fasted many times, including to protest colonial rule and Britain’s treatment of Indians who stood against it.

 

 

Gandhi meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of China in India. Battling an invading Japan in the 1930s and ’40s, Chiang sought to enlist Gandhi’s support for his war effort.

 

 

 

Gandhi arriving in Marseille, France, in September 1931. During his trip to Europe, he also traveled to London to discuss colonial India’s future.

 

 

 

While in Britain, Gandhi attended the Round Table conference in London and met with King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace.

 

 

Crowds gathered on London streets as Gandhi visited the East End, where he called attention to the area’s poor by forsaking a hotel and staying at a community house.

 

 

While in East London, Gandhi met with Charlie Chaplin, to his right. Chaplin wrote that it was the meeting with Gandhi that inspired him to make “Modern Times,” which depicted the dehumanizing effects of mass production.

 

 

Gandhi alongside other national movement leaders in 1931 dictating his terms of peace with Britain in the civil disobedience campaign begun by the Salt March. The deal called for the release of political prisoners.

 

 

 

 

Gandhi, center, and Nehru, left, in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, in December 1931. Nehru’s political skills complemented the spiritual appeal of Gandhi to bring India’s struggle for freedom to a successful conclusion.

 

 

 

Gandhi leaving a jail housing political prisoners in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, in 1938 as part of negotiations to secure their release.

 

 

 

Gandhi during a fast in 1939 that ended when the viceroy of India agreed to the release of political prisoners.

 

 

 

Gandhi leaving the home of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, left, the leader of the Muslim League, in New Delhi in November 1939. Jinnah went on to become Pakistan’s founding father.

 

 

Gandhi, fourth from the right, on his daily walk in 1946, with his aides and family members. Gandhi would typically walk several miles a day.

 

 

Gandhi in 1946, next to a spinning wheel. The charkha became a symbol of Indian resistance to Britain’s textile-based mercantilism and British rule generally.

 

 

Gandhi meeting with Lord Mountbatten, the new viceroy of India, and his wife, Lady Edwina Mountbatten, in 1947. It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.

 

 

Growing unrest between Hindus and Muslims exploded into riots before India’s independence in 1947, along with its partition into India and Pakistan, leading Jinnah and Gandhi to jointly appeal for peace.

 

 

Gandhi, center, visiting a camp for Muslim refugees at the Purana Qila in New Delhi. The refugees were preparing to leave India for Pakistan in September 1947, a month after both countries gained independence from Britain.

 

 

 

Gandhi at Birla House in New Delhi on Jan. 29, 1948, the day before his assassination. He had made the site, formerly the residence of one of India’s biggest industrialists, into his base in the capital.

 

 

After the assassination, Gandhi’s grandniece placed petals on his head as his body was lying in state at Birla House.

 

 

Gandhi was cremated on the banks of the Yamuna River.

 

 

Crowds lined the railway tracks to pay homage as some of Gandhi’s ashes were carried by train to the Ganges River to be scattered.

 

 

The spot where Gandhi fell.

 

 

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[sarfaroshi]

Gandhi is a British tool for diversion.

[MRI]

where are his scandalous nude pictures?? haha 

[hyperbole]

1 hour ago, sarfaroshi said:

Gandhi is a British tool for diversion.

With out Gandhi’s non-violent approach India would have been in the hands of few fascists   with arms like current ongoing thing in Afghanistan and Africa’s or at best another glorified version of many princely states . India would have never been unified or democratic nation as is today if not for his ideology or Indian National Congress.

put some respect on his name

[reality]

11 minutes ago, hyperbole said:

With out Gandhi’s non-violent approach India would have been in the hands of few fascists   with arms like current ongoing thing in Afghanistan and Africa’s or at best another glorified version of many princely states . India would have never been unified or democratic nation as is today if not for his ideology or Indian National Congress.

put some respect on his name

Whatsapp university/anonymous ga thappithe… no one can dare to utter a single word against Gandhi directly … that itself is his greatness. 

[galiraju]

I sometimes feel like he is a British Cuck. As British laid out a plan to educate upper-class Indians to serve their interests in India; If we look thru that lens, Gandhi served his masters well.

 

Ref.  Sashi Tarror

[reality]

1 minute ago, galiraju said:

I sometimes feel like he is a British Cuck. As British laid out a plan to educate upper-class Indians to serve their interests in India; If we look thru that lens, Gandhi served his masters well.

British entered and well-established in India more than 100 years prior to Gandhi’s birth. Andhbhakth whatapp university lo ilanti time-machine logics baga untaatyi

[galiraju]

6 minutes ago, reality said:

British entered and well-established in India more than 100 years prior to Gandhi’s birth. Andhbhakth whatapp university lo ilanti time-machine logics baga untaatyi

LOL. Please read what I wrote first. You need to work on ur comprehension skills. 

[alphayash]

A master's student I knew while an undergraduate told me that he frequently fought with his American instructors over 'proper' English, as his perfectly British English was strange to American readers....

[reality]

3 minutes ago, galiraju said:

LOL. Please read what I wrote first. You need to work on ur comprehension skills. 

whatapp university lo nerpinchevega… vaddu le..

[uoY]

35 minutes ago, hyperbole said:

With out Gandhi’s non-violent approach India would have been in the hands of few fascists   with arms like current ongoing thing in Afghanistan and Africa’s or at best another glorified version of many princely states . India would have never been unified or democratic nation as is today if not for his ideology or Indian National Congress.

put some respect on his name

Evadiki telusu? Inka better vuntundenemo? TG movement lo kooda itlane annaru gaa mari? Baboru AP ni singapore laa chesthunde chusssss

[uoY]

4 minutes ago, reality said:

whatapp university lo nerpinchevega… vaddu le..

Nuvvu INC and pissful galla meeda maatakooda padaniyyav gaa, direct gaa? Inka migatha antha whatsapp antav

[galiraju]

4 minutes ago, reality said:

whatapp university lo nerpinchevega… vaddu le..

LOL Please read man.....

"Macaulay's Minute on Indian Education". University of California, Santa Barbara.

[galiraju]

1 minute ago, uoY said:

Nuvvu INC and pissful galla meeda maatakooda padaniyyav gaa, direct gaa? Inka migatha antha whatsapp antav

The man can't read and assumes everybody is Whatsapp pundit like he is...

[galiraju]

The Englishing of India: Class Formation and Social Privilege

Modhumita Roy

Social Scientist

Vol. 21, No. 5/6 (May - Jun., 1993), pp. 36-62 (27 pages)