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Gandhi's Activism and Philosophy

Historical photographs featuring Mahatma Gandhi in various ashram settings, engaging with followers, and participating in key activities promoting peace and community.

Mahatma Gandhi speaking to a group of people Sevagram Ashram, 1939 Thakkar Bapa, Mahadev Desai, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Kasturba Gandhi, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with fasting Bhansali, India, Asia, 1936 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with Mahadev Desai and others, India, Asia, 1938 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Satyagrahis clinging to each other harassed by police, Salt Satyagrah, India, Asia, 1930 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Bhoodan leader Acharya Vinoba Bhave addresses village meeting at Shamalaji in Gujarat brfore his walk tour India1959

Ashramite Dr. Lilavatibehn Asha washing Mahatma Gandhi s feet at Bardoli, 1939, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan accepting attention, Pakistan, October 6, 1938 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

BEN KINGSLEY in GANDHI (1982), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

People watching Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, leaving a car in Bihar, 1947, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and co-worker Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan at a public meeting in the Indian North West Provinces, October 1938 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE 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.

HER Majesty Salote Tubou Queen Of Tonga Addressing a gathering. She recently celebrated her fiftieth birthday. January 24, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press)

Mahatma Gandhi giving food to the Jain monks and nuns at Birla House Mumbai, 1945, R. D. Birla, Sushila Nayar, Manu Gandhi NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

A deity stone, surrounded by people looking at it, at Noakhali East Bengal, 1946 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Thakkar Bapa and Mahatma Gandhi on dais a public meeting, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kirjath Jearim, a village near Jerusalem, is seen in the distant background. In the foreground a Sheikh, a Muslim leader, addresses the Arabs in the name of the Supreme Arab Council to urge them to fight against the Jews.

Mahatma Gandhi meeting with Annie Besant and Srinavasa Sastri, Madras, India, Asia, September 1921 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with others, Calcutta, India, Asia, November 17, 1937 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1921. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was 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 with Jain nuns at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 1945 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim The sacrifice 1900, West Bank

Baroda Elephants Face Lean Days - And The New Austerity. This is the Maharja with his new Council of Ministers. On his right hand is Prime Minister Dr. Jivaraj Narayan Mehta, once Gandhi's personal physician. Unusual to Western eyes is the sight of a ruler standing uncovered while his ministers wear headgear - in this case Gandhi caps. Their dress seems to symbolise the new constitutional regime in union with the Indian Dominion. January 1, 1949. (Photo by P.A. Reuter Features Limited.).

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhangi Colony in Delhi, October 2, 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Colonial Empire. Pattern Of Government -- In rural areas in Africa, local government is usually the responsibility of the chiefs or other traditional authority of the people. September 20, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Mother Teresa with East Pakistani now Bangladesh refugee at Tripura, India December 1971 NO MR Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox

Independence Day Celebration, Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 15th Aug. 1947 Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

The group is dressed in white servant attire, some with turbans. They are arranged in two lines with 6 standing and 4 seated outside the entranceway to a building.

Asia, india, maharaja in a visit to the school of ajmer, 1920-30.

First President Dr. Rajendra Prasad installation ceremony of new Somnath Temple, Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1950 Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, at Sevagram a village in the state of Maharashtra, India. Mohandas Gandhi (1869 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Nehru (1889-1964 was the First Prime Minister of India in 1948. Sevagram was the place of Mohandas Gandhi's ashram and his residence from 1936 to his death in 1948

Prayers at end of Moslem year. May 30, 1955.;Prayers at end of Moslem year.

Mahatma Gandhi in village after Hindu Muslim riots, East Bengal, India, Asia, January 1947 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi accompanied by Abha Gandhi and others visiting the village Segaon near Sevagram Ashram, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi on a visit to village Segaon near Sevagram Ashram, wardha, Maharashtra, India, 1944 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi spinning Sevagram Ashram, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Uma Om Agarwal and her daughter in Wardha, 1941 Also be seen Radhakrishna Bajaj , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Jain nuns at Birla House, Mumbai, 1945, Abha Gandhi, Sushila Nayar half covered and Manu Gandhi NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with surgeon Col Maddock, Kasturba, Poona, Maharashtra, India, Asia, February 1924 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi talking to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan during visit Utmanzai, Pakistan, October 1938 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Devadas Gandhi and G D Birla, Delhi, India, Asia, March 18, 1939 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

12/31/1939. Reading with Some of His Disciples.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai and others, Pakistan, October 1938 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

04/30/1916. A Moroccan commission in Madrid. The Minister of Spain in Tangier, Mr. Serrat (1), with the Interpreter, Mr. Reginaldo Ruiz (2) and the Notable Moors of the Hispano-Moroccan association, recently Created, who have come to pay their respects to HM The King . Photo: white.

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. In the church of Boeti during the wedding ceremony. The choir, consists of Papua boys and girls led by a guru (teacher). October 1954. New Guinea

Martyr during Quit India, Asia Movement, Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1948 Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi during interview of social workers, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, May 1936 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mohandas Gandhi, with Kallenbach and Gokhale (seated front row) during the 1912 visit by Gokhale to the Indian community in South Africa, .Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866 1915) political leader during the Indian Independence Movement against the British Empire in India

Mahatma Gandhi giving an autograph at his birthday on 2nd October 1944 in Pune, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Sohorabehn an ashramite NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Harijan Leader Thakkar Bapa and Mahatma Gandhi, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia, January 1946 India

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash C Bose on top, Sarojini Naidu, Jawaharlal Nehru and Acharya Kripalani a congress meeting, 1939, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, Asia, May 29, 1925 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi, Pyarelal Nayar, a Buddhist monk and others visiting Sarnath Temple, Varanasi, 1941, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi gives the money which was collected during his last birthday to Kanu Gandhi, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi on a walk with others, c 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in discussion, Centre Mahadev Desai, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1935 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Anefo photo collection. Passion play tiles. June 21, 1946. Limburg, Tegelen

Mahatma gandhi with jamnalal bajaj in meeting

Here Comes The Bride -- Women the world over delight in dressing up for the great day. This young Buganda bride with her two youthful attendants, is no exception. She is a member of one of the most advanced Uganda tribes who delight in following European customs and dress. February 12, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).;Here Comes The Bride -- Women the world over delight in dressing up for the great day. This young Buganda bride with her two youthful attendants, is no exception. Sh

American Indian Medicine woman / NO-AH-TAH circa 1913.

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

Mahatma Gandhi speaking into a mike during the congress meeting at Ramgarh, 1939, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Women paying homage at the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated at Birla House, Delhi, 1948, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai arrive for Working Committee meeting, Wardha, India, Asia, July 1938 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Kasturba Gandhi and Hanna Lazar at Sevagram Ashram, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Group of men carry the body of the deceased in a funeral procession in India.

Mahatma Gandhi meeting people after Hindu Muslim riots, East Bengal, India, Asia, January 1947 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Jain monks find shelter on over flooded road, India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Pune, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Manu Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Sushila Nayar and others at Aga Khan Palace in Pune, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Haile Selassie I (23 July 1892 - 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins by tradition from King Solomon and Queen Makeda,

India, nepal, sherpa group gathered in council, 1960.

Mahatma Gandhi arriving Sevagram to attend Working Committee meeting, Wardha, India, Asia, June 1936 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

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Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Catholic scouts from whole world with joint H. Mass and communion. August 12, 1963. Greece

Mahatma Gandhi Chhota Kabristan mosque, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, April 6, 1919 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mother Teresa with Indira Gandhi NO MR Copyright: xSajalxBose/DinodiaxPhotox

Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Mahatma Gandhi during visit to South Africa, October 22, 1912 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi, being respectfully greeted by a visitor during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The superb overdress of Indian embroidery which was made for Queen Alexandra's Coronation costume, being worked during the winter of 1901-2 in Delhi by forty of the most skilled needleworkers at the firm of Manick Chand. Picture shows a number of the workers seated around their embroidery table consisting of a couple slight wooden trestles and four wooden bamboos, the worth of the whole, according to the Graphic, being about ninepence. The white robed figure leaning over the table is Manick Ch

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Visit in the Kampong by Father J. Verschueren - With Father Meeuwese, he was the Popper of the "Juliana River" (1948). October 1954. New Guinea

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi with G A Natesan, Tamil Nadu India, Asia, May 7, 1915 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Folk medicine practitioner, Bomoh, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Poll photo collection. Israel: Nazareth. Praying Muslims at a building, probably a mosque. undated. Galilee, Israel, Nazareth

ethiopia, tigray valley

GANDHI, SU MUJER KASTURBA Y SUS CUATRO HIJOS - SIGLO XX. Gandhi. GANDHI FAMILIA. KASTURBA MAKHARJI.

Mahatma Gandhi collecting donations for Harijan Fund in South India, Asia, January 1946 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Devdasi now commercial sex workers celebrating yellama festival at Kamatipura, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSudharakxOlwe/xDinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi first reception, Gujarat, India, Asia, February 2, 1915 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi receiving instructions on lifeboat use, ship to London, India, Asia, August 1931 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi reading and talking to BK Birla at Bhangi Colony in Delhi, 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The Knack Of Carrying Bundles On The Head Is Picked Up By Filipinos At An Early Age. Residents And Fiesta Guests Who Are Celebrating The Liberation By 11Th Airborne And 1St Cavalry Divisions Of The U.S. Army, And The Feast Day Of Santa Martha, Patron Sai

Hope After Atonement The Message Of The Ram's Horn -- The Message of the "Shcfar"-Hope after atonement by ***** rabbi in Tripali. Today, September 19, was the Jews day of atonement. From sunset last evening the sunset tonight, orthodox Jews retrained from food or drink and devoted their time to prayer and religious devotions. The end of the fast was announced by a long blast on the "Shcfar" - the traditional Ram's horn-by the Rabbis at the synagogues. October 30, 1934. (Photo by Associated Pres

Sex Worker Ambika Jeroo Nepali now Zarina Khan Weds Pervez Khan First step towards normal life in Kamathipura Mumbai s brothel district Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

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