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Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma GandhiAt 5:17 p.m. on the 30th of January 1948, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was walking through the garden of Birla House in Delhi, his grandnieces beside him, on…
- Gandhi–Irwin PactThe Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on the 5th of March 1931, and Winston Churchill was furious. He called it a nauseating and humiliating spectacle to watch…
- Kaba Gandhi No DeloKaba Gandhi No Delo stands on Lakhajiraj Road in Rajkot, Gujarat. The land for this residence arrived in early 1880 from the Rajkot State government.
- Tolstoy FarmThe year 1910 marked the birth of a new community in South Africa. Mohandas Gandhi established this ashram on land provided by Hermann Kallenbach.
- Mahadev DesaiMahadev Haribhai Desai entered the world on the 1st of January 1892 in the village of Saras. This small settlement sits within the Surat district of Gujarat.
- Poona PactThe Indian Council Act of 1909 marked the first time seats in legislative bodies were allocated based on identity. This precedent set a stage for future…
- International Day of Non-ViolenceIn January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi carried a proposal for an International Day of Non-Violence from Paris to Mumbai.
- Hind Swaraj or Indian Home RuleMahatma Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj in 1909 while traveling from London to South Africa. He composed the text in his native language, Gujarati, aboard a ship…
- Indian Ambulance CorpsMahatma Gandhi stood in the uniform of a warrant officer during 1899. He organized the Natal Indian Ambulance Corps to serve as stretcher bearers for the…
- Indian OpinionThe first issue of Indian Opinion hit the streets on the 6th of June 1903. It emerged from Madanjit Viyavaharik's International Printing Press in South…
- Natal Indian CongressOn the 22nd of May 1894, Mahatma Gandhi proposed a new political body to protect Indian rights in South Africa. The Natal Indian Congress formally opened its…
- Assassination of Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi was assassinated on the 30th of January 1948 at the age of 78 in the compound of The Birla House. His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune…
- V. A. SundaramVellalore Annaswamy Sundaram entered the world on the 2nd of February 1896 in Coimbatore. His family traced their lineage back to Appayya Dikshita, a…
- Gandhi capMahatma Gandhi sat in conversation with Kaka Kalelkar during the early 1920s to discuss headwear options for Indian men.
- Shrimad RajchandraOn the 9th of November 1867, a boy named Lakshminandan Mehta was born in Vavaniya. This village sat near Morbi in what is now Gujarat.
- Young IndiaLala Lajpat Rai published a book titled Young India in 1916. This volume served as the foundation for what would later become a weekly journal under Mahatma…