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The term is commonly used for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is often referred to simply as "Mahatma Gandhi". Albeit less frequently, this epithet has also been used with regard to such people as Basava [ 1 ] (1131–1167), Swami Shraddhanand (1856–1926), Lalon Shah (1772–1890), Ayyankali (1863–1941), and Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890).
In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi, and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about Gandhi in her work on pacifism. In 1931, physicist Albert Einstein exchanged letters with Gandhi and called him "a role model for the generations to come" in a letter writing about ...
Gandhi (pronunciation ⓘ; Hindi: गाँधी) is an Indian surname. Gandhi may also refer to: Family of Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas ...
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) (pronunciation ⓘ) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi.He was a Hindu nationalist [1] from Maharashtra [2] who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.
Vinayak Narahari Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave (pronunciation ⓘ; 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982), was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi ...
Mahatma Gandhi. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Danielle Carson. Margaret Mead. I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Danielle Carson.
Shankar Trimbak Dharmadhikari (18 June 1899 – 1 December 1985; Hindi pronunciation: [ʃə̃kəɾ t̪ɾɪmbək d̪ʱəɾmaːd̪ɪkaːɾiː]), better known as Dada Dharmadhikari, was an Indian freedom fighter, and a leader of social reform movements in India. He was a strong adherent of Mahatma Gandhi's principles. His eldest daughter (Usha ...
Khadi (pronounced, Khādī), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as swadeshi (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.