Gandhi and Indian History

Historic photographs featuring prominent figures in India's independence movement, depicting gatherings, interactions, and daily life during the 1940s.

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram, 1942, ashramite Premabehn Kantak NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading a letter and receiving a cheque by Shantikumar Morarjee at Birla House, Mumbai, August 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading, during a public meeting in the riot stricken area in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Manibehn Patel daughter of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mumbai, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Kasturba Gandhi and Sardar Patel Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi writing an address on an envelope in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram, 1942, ashramite Premabehn Kantak NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel greeted by people in Mumbai, 1945, B. K. Birla son of G. D. Birla NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi and others in the house of Mr. Chhitabhai Patel at Bardoli, 1939, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan in a public meeting during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi spinning in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 4th August 1940, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi being weighed after fast, Delhi, India, Asia, October 8, 1924 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Gandhi Opens Indian National Conference Before Record Attendance -- The Indian National Congress was opened at Faizpur, India recently by Mahatma Gandhi, before a record attendance. This is the first time for ***** years that the congress has been held at Faizpur.Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (left) the President-elect, enjoying a joke ***** the congress. October 02, 1944. (Photo by Keystone).

Mahatma Gandhi, interacting with a boy, 1945, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading newspaper, 1946 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram, August 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and Acharya Kripalani laughing heartily in a congress meeting, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 ñ 1948), the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Mahatma Gandhi Spinning at Sevagram Ashram, wardha, Maharashtra, India - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting during his visit of the riot effected area of Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Mahatma Gandhi talking about the philosophy of spinning at Khadi Pratishthan, Sodepur, 24 Parganas, Calcutta, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Devadas Satyagraha Ashram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1936 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi drafting a document at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, August 1942 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi spins cloth using traditional methods; Bombay 1945. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Mahatma Gandhi just after the earthquake in Bihar, India, March 1934 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Calcutta, 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Vinoba Bhave, India, Asia, 1934 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1942, c Premabehn Kantak NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi washing his hands and mouth after breakfast talking to US journalist Louis Fischer at Sevagram Ashram, June 1942 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi with Congress Leaders, Rajagopalachari and Sarojini Naidu at Government House, New Delhi 1947. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Sarojini Naidu was a poet. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

Mahatma Gandhi writing at Birla House, Mumbai, August 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, 1935 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Subhash Chandra Bose and Kasturba Gandhi at Birla House, New Delhi, 1938, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru listening to a report about riots in Calcutta at Khadi Pratishthan, Sodepur, 24 Parganas, Calcutta, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi writing an address on an envelope in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

09/11/1931. Gandhi in his last stage of life.

Mahatma Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya at Varanasi, 1941, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at the wheel at Sevagram Ashram, wardha, Maharashtra, India, 1939 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi spinning in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi spinning acharkha, India, Asia, 1925 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Indian freedom fighters, mahatma gandhi, surat, gujarat, india, asia, 1929 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading on dais at Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1934 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan, February 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869 - 1948) preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. 1936

Indian freedom fighters, mahatma gandhi writing, india, asia, 1930 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a public meeting, 1944, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking to a man, 1945, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Madhuri Khare and Jankidevi Bajaj during her fast at Sevagram Ashram, 1941 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi interacting with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari at Birla House, Mumbai, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Balwant Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Durga Mehta c and others greeting a newborn calf at Sevagram Ashram, c1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram, January 1942 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, listening to others in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi with Jawaharlal Nehru 1945. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India

Mahatma Gandhi writing at Birla House, Mumbai, August 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at prayer meeting, India, Asia, 1929 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi reading newspaper, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi receiving a coconut in front of his hut at Sevagram Ashram, January 1942 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia, 1921 India copyright: xjayanxmitra/dinodiaxphotox -

Mahatma Gandhi on the day of his departure to England at Azad Maidan, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, August 29, 1931 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi drafting a document at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, August 1942 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Birla House, Mumbai, 1945 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with his secretary Pyarelal Nayar in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, wardha, Maharashtra, India, 1939 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi addressing a public meeting at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, December 28, 1931 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan, February 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total non-violence. This concept helped India gain independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi or 'Great Soul', an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore. In India he is also called Bapu (Gujarati: 'Father') and officially honored in India as the Father of the Nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu Nationalist.

Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan at Khadi Pratishthan, Sodepur, 24 Parganas, Calcutta, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma gandhi spinning at khadi, pratishthan, sodepur, calcutta, india, asia, 1946 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore at Shantiniketan, 18th February 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking to Madan Mohan Malaviya, Varanasi, 1941, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a public meeting in Madras, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading in his hut, Wardha, India, Asia, 1940 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with Spinning Wheel - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi writing at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, August 1942 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma gandhi working bhangi colony, new delhi, india, asia, 1940 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram, January 1942 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading newspaper, Dandi, Gujarat, India, Asia, April 7, 1930 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with Abbas Tyabji during his Harijan tour, Kathiawad, India, Asia, July 1, 1934 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1942, c Premabehn Kantak NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya at Varanasi, 1941, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, August 1942 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi, collecting donations for Harijan Fund with a basket in his hand at a train station on his way to Assam, January 1946 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading newspaper, 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting at Rungta House, Mumbai, 1944, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi reading at Mani Bhavan, Bombay, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1929 India

Mahatma Gandhi talking to workers during his fast at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, March 1939 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Pyarelal Nayar half covered a public meeting, 1945, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in greeting pose in Madras, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi spinning and talking to Mahadev Desai, October 22, 1931 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Indian freedom fighters, mahatma gandhi, mani bhavan, mumbai, india, asia, 1929 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 1948) at a meeting of the Indian National Congress, 1940. Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Mahatma Gandhi assisted by Mirabehn, repairing spinning wheel, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1936 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Old vintage photo of Mahatma Gandhi at function, India, Asia, 1926 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with Pyarelal Nayar b c and the leader of Nai Talim New Education Aryanaikam l, September 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1947. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Mahatma Gandhi carding cotton, India, Asia, 1930 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

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