Historical Figures in India

Images depicting significant moments with an important historical figure, showcasing interactions and social contexts in 20th-century India.

Mahadev Desai with Japanese Buddhist monks at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Abha Gandhi and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur spinning, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking to people while taking sunbath village Dasgharia Noakhali East Bengal Kanu Gandhi stayed from November Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in a public meeting in the riot effected areas in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR, Satish Das Gupta, Amtus Salam, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi speaking to a group of visitors at Sevagram Ashram, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi meeting weeping women riots between Hindus Muslims in Noakhali East Bengal November 1946 Sucheta Kripalani Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Mahatma Gandhi, Mridulabehn Sarabai and others marching through the riot stricken areas of Bihar, 1947, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi delivering a speech in the riot effected area of Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, Thakkar Bapa Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahadev Desai with Japanese Buddhist monks at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with the mother of Jamnalal Bajaj and other members of Bajaj family in Wardha, 1945 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Poet Rabindranath Tagore delivering an address of welcome to Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba, February, 1940 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi, while resting, talking to people in Noakhali East Bengal riots between Hindus and Muslims Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with secretary Mahadev Desai during the All-India, Asia Congress Committee meeting Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, August 1942 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Kasturba Gandhi and other people standing next to a gate, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi meeting his cousin Kushalchand Gandhi halfcovered in Rajkot, 1936 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting with people of Indian National Army at Bhangi Colony in Delhi, 1946, Abha Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with the mother of Jamnalal Bajaj in Wardha, 1945, Shantikumar Morarjee, Uma Om Agarwal daughter of Jankidevi Bajaj , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a women s meeting, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia, September 1921 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi and sarvodaya worker Aryanaikam Sevagram Ashram, 1945 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Manibehn Patel at Anand Bhavan, Allahabad, 1941, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Kashibehn Gandhi wife of Mahatma Gandhi s nephew Chaganlal, who is holding her grandson Sharad, Lilavatibehn and others at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Sardar Patel, September 1939 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at a prayer meeting during Mahatma Gandhi s fast at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, March 1939 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and others greeting a decorated cow during Bullock s Festival, Sevagram Ashram, 1939, Abha Gandhi NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi collecting donations for Harijan fund at a train station on his way to Assam, 1945, Ramkrishna Bajaj, Pyarelal Nayar and Prabhatibehn Jayaprakash NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at evening ashram prayers, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia, January 1930 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi at a meeting in Allahabad, presided over by Motilal Nehru (standing). Mohandas Gandhi (1869 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, an activist of the Indian National Movement and an important leader of the Indian National Congress, who also served as the Congress President twice, 19191920 and 19281929

Mahatma Gandhi with coworkers and a visitor from USA at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Famous political figure Mahatma Gandhi, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948 Leader Of India s Campaign for Home Rule MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting at Bhangi Colony sweeper s colony in Delhi, 1946 from Abdul Kalam Maulana Azad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Pyarelal Nayar, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi during his stay at Calcutta, West Bengal, India, Asia, 1947 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Manu Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Sushila Nayar, Mirabehn and Pyarelal Nayar at the samadhis graveyards of Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai at Aga Khan Palace in Pune, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi during his peace march in Noakhali, West Bengal, India, January 1947 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Dewadarji Damodar Mundada walking at Sevagram Ashram, 1939, half covered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Nehru's Niece Married -- The Bride and Bridegroom (right), Garlanded with flowers and Jewels, make their pledge before Agni (fire) during their marriage ceremony.Chandralekha Pandit, daughter of Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, and Niece of Prime Minister of India Pandit Nehru, was married to Mr. Ashok Mehta, Indian Consul-General in Saigon, at New Delhi, India, April 14. The marriage ceremony was attended by the Governor General of India, members of the Cabinet, The Diplomatic Corps, and other distinguished personalities. May 01, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Mahatma Gandhi walking at Sevagram Ashram, wardha, Maharashtra, India, 1934 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and her son Ramdas at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1920 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi in discussion with visitors at Sevagram Ashram, 1939, 2nd from l Pyarelal Nayar NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and others during his tour to Bengal at Malikanda Gandhi Seva Sangh, 1940 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi entering a hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1941, Amtus Salam NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Shri Girdharilal playing with Krupali s child and others at Sevagram Ashram, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi collecting funds for Harijans at a railway station in Bengal, 1946. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Mahatma Gandhi, learning from a letter about Kasturba s illness, during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

India - All India Trade Union Convention. During Congress Days in Calcutta. May 20, 1942. (Photo by Istvan Kelen).

Mahatma Gandhi sitting in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1938, next to him Rajkumari Amrit Kaur NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

People paying homage at Rajghat, Delhi, where Mahatma Gandhi s funeral took place, 1948, Abdul Kalam Maulana Azad, Sucheta Kripalani, Shem Prasad Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru, Acharya Kripalani, placing a flower garland, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Scenes during Mahatma Gandhis famous Salt March. This march on foot to the sea coast at Dandi, on the eve of the Salt Satyagraha, 1930. This peaceful resistance was part of Gandhi's Non-violent opposition to British rule in India

Mahatma Gandhi watching a dance performance at Calcutta, West Bengal, November 1937 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

A Samaritan high priest and his family eating the Passover sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim ca. 1900.

Soldier turned Buddhist. Sapper Eric Holland, of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, is inducted as a novice monk at the Buddhist Temple in Kaula Lumpur, Malaya. He defied an army order recalling him from his demobilisation leave, and said, "If the army wants me, they'll have to come and fetch me." February 22, 1955.

Jawaharlal Nehru sitting in Mahatma Gandhi s hut at Sevagram Ashram after he had expired, March 1948, next to Jawaharlal Nehru Gargi Gandhi daughter of Mahatma Gandhi s grandnephew Prabhudas NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, talking to people while taking a sunbath at village Dasgharia Noakhali East Bengal where Kanu Gandhi stayed Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Amtus Salam massaging Mahatma Gandhi s feet during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The word Nautch is an anglicized version of nac, a word found in Hindi and Urdu and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, Nritya, via the Prakrit, Nachcha. A simple and literal translation of Nautch is 'dance' or 'dancing'. The culture of the performing art of Nautch rose to prominence during the later period of Mughal Empire, and the East India Company Rule. Over a period of time, the Nautch traveled outside the confines of the Imperial courts of the Mughals, the palaces of the Nawabs and the Princely states, and the higher echelons of the officials of the British Raj, to the places of smaller Zamindars, and other places. Some references use the terms Nautch and Nautch girls to describe Devadasis who used to perform Hindu ritual and religious dances in the Hindu temples of India. However, there is not much commonality between the Devadasis and the Nautch girls. The former performed dances in the precincts of the Hindu temples to please the temple deities,

Mahatma Gandhi spinning, New Delhi, 1939, Prabhavati Jayaprakash, Mahadev Desai, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia, 1944 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Surabaya. Indonesian dance. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Mahatma Gandhi with Jamnalal Bajaj and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur at Sevagram Ashram, 1942 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, greeting a foreign visitor, 1940, Pyarelal Nayar, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan at Birla House, Mumbai, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with co-workers at Sevagram Ashram, Vardh, Maharashtra, India, 1940 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Gandhiji addressing a farewell meeting at Durban South Africa July 1914 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi taking a meal during his convalescence, June 1933 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Jawaharlal Nehru at Bhangi sweeper s Colony, New Delhi, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Abbas Tyabji, Mahatma Gandhi and Takore Saheb, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1928 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

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 and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at a prayer meeting during Mahatma Gandhi s fast at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, March 1939 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Nehru on celebration of the first year of death Gandhi, Keystone Press Agency, 1949 photograph London photographic support gelatin silver print India

Gandhiji coming down the staircase of a mosque, April 6, 1919 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi sitting with Abha Gandhi and others, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan during Mahatma Gandhi s visit of the North West Frontier Provinces, October 1938 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, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

People sitting outside Mahatma Gandhi s room at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, after completing his fast, 1939 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi collecting donations for Harijan Fund at a train station on his way to Assam, 1945, Ramkrishna Bajaj, Pyarelal Nayar and Prabhatibehn Jayaprakash NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, leaving a building during his visit of the riot stricken areas of Bihar, 1947, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, working in the office hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1944, Sushila Pai worker at the ashram office NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Mahatma Gandhi at meeting of women, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia, September 1921 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mahatma Gandhi with his ashram workers at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1929 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi and Dr P C Ray participating mass spinning, Calcutta, India, Asia, May 1925 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Nehru listens as the Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten; declares India's Independence 1947. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 1964) first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inlandse wedding. The spiritual signs a deed. May 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Mahatma Gandhi talking to people while going through papers during his visit of the riot effected area of Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Villagers of munagoli dressed in traditional white turbans or white caps gather in courtyard of old house of landlord to discuss village problems NO MR Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi presiding over the eighth convocation of the university founded by him, January 11, 1930 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

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Mahatma Gandhi sitting with Sushila Nayar and others in his hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1937 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi addressing women at Surat, Gujarat, India, April 22, 1930 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Anefo photo collection. Maharish Makesh Yogi in Concertgebouw. Yogi amidst his followers while Brian Jones photographs the leader. September 1, 1967

Aged Indian Poet Addresses Convocation -- Dr. (Sir) Rabindranath Tagore, the veteran Bangali poet (he is 76), on his way to deliver the Convocation address to the Calcutta University. He welcomed the recent decision to make the Bengali language the future basis of instruction and examination instead of English. April 26, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

Mahatma Gandhi with Kishorilal Mashruwala at Sevagram Ashram, 1941 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Sachin Mitra and others walking below a flag of the Red Cross in the riot effected areas in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946 , Amtus Salam, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Locals attending traditional native ceremony at tribal gathering in Fiji, South Pacific

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

Anefo photo collection. Memorial South Moluke Independence Profeclamation in Houtrusthallen, The Hague; Overviews of manifestation. April 24, 1976. The Hague, South Holland

Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, Mumbai, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking with Chinese leader Chiang Kai Chek and his wife in Calcutta, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Ahmedabad municipality meeting Mahatma Gandhi, Gujarat, India, Asia, December 5, 1925 India

Mahatma Gandhi sharing a hearty laugh at Sevagram Ashram, Vardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, October 1938 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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