Historical Moments with Gandhi

Black and white images capturing significant historical moments involving a key leader and gatherings of people during the Indian independence movement.

Mahatma Gandhi with coashramites Joharabehn and Lilavatibehn at Sevagram Ashram, 1939, Mahadev Desai NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with members of the Birla family at Khadi Pratishthan, Sodepur, 24 Parganas, Calcutta, 1946, Ramakrishna Bajaj , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

People waiting to meet Mahatma Gandhi after the riots between Hindus and Muslims in Chandipur, Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi a public meeting, 1945, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 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.

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

Mahatma Gandhi walking with Dhamodar Mundra coworker of Vinoba Bhave and Sushila Nayar at Sevagram Ashram, 1941 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi with coashramites Joharabehn and Lilavatibehn at Sevagram Ashram, 1939, Mahadev Desai NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking to a group of men at Sevagram Ashram, 1945, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Mahatma Gandhi on board talking to journalists on the way to Midnapur East Bengal, December 1945, Shailesh Chatterjee NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, surrounded by Sushila Nayar and others, feeding a cow at Sevagram Ashram, 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi sitting with girls of Mahila Ashram Wardha on the occasion of Charkha Jayanti Spinning Wheel Anniversary at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Water being served through a funnel to people taking their meals in Noakhali East Bengal riotsbtween Hindus Muslims Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Mahatma Gandhi, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Abha Gandhi and others at a spinning demonstration at Segaon village, 1939 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

GANDHI STARTS HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST ENGLAND-Mahatma Gandhi, the great revolutionary leader of India, and his chosen band of volunteers setting out from Ahmedabad on their march to Jalalpur and Aslali to break the salt laws. Gandhi is shown in the center of the photograph. 1930.

A Vyasa, or public reader, reciting the Mahabharata, India, circa 1910

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

Thakkar Bapa and Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting during Mahatma Gandhi s visit of the riot effected areas of Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi a public meeting, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mualana Azad with Mahatma Gandhi during his hunger strike, following Indian Partition 1947. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 1948), Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. At 5:17 pm on 30 January 1948,

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting at Peshawar, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Workers of the Gandhi Camp for relief work in Noakhali with their captain, Satish Das Gupta, in the centre, November 1946, Amtus Salam, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Double Exposure. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel walking at Bardoli, 1939, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi speaking to harijan workers Sevagram Ashram, September 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru addressing refugees from the Punjab at a camp in Hardwar, June 1947. Gandhi (2 October 1869 30 January 1948), was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

Manibehn Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Maharaja Singh at Simla, 1945 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi offering prayers memorial secretary Mahadev Desai Kasturba Aga Khan Palace, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia, after release, May 6, 1944 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking people while taking sunbath village Dasgharia Noakhali East Bengal Kanu Gandhi stayed November 1946 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Southern Palestine. Nebi Rubin (The Prophet Reuben). Circumcision procession at Nebi Rubin. 1920, Israel

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 ñ 30 January 1948) preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India

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

Priests seating in temple, India Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking to Madan Mohan Malaviya, Varanasi, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mother Teresa with Prince Charles at Sishu Bhavan, Calcutta, India NO MR Copyright: xSajalxBose/DinodiaxPhotox

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Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi arrive at Shantiniketan, Bengal, India, Asia, February 1940 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi and his party passing a dam while being on the march through the area effected by Hindu Muslim riots in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Amtus Salam at a prayer meeting in the riot effected area of Noakhali East Bengal, November Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Wat Phra That Haripunchai was founded in 1044 by King Athitayarat of Haripunchai on the site of Queen Chamathewi's (Chama Thewi or Chamadevi) royal palace. Legend has it that the queen's personal quarters are enclosed in the main 46-metre high Lan Na-style chedi, covered in copper plates and topped by a gold umbrella or plee. Lamphun was the capital of the small but culturally rich Mon Kingdom of Haripunchai from about 750 CE to the time of its conquest by King Mangrai (the founder of Chiang Mai) in 1281.

Mahatma Gandhi with Abbas Tyabjia, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Gujarat, India, Asia, 1929 India Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox -

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 1948) at a meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru (left), 1947. Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Nehru (1889 -1964) was a leader of Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement. He later became Prime Minister

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

Mahatma Gandhi sitting in front of the main building at Rashtriyashala Ashram, Rajkot, during his fast, 1939 from Purushottam Gandhi, Brijkrishna Chandiwalla and Mathurdas Trikamji , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim Preparing the carcass 1900, West Bank

Mahadev Desai, Abdul Kalam Maulana Azad and others at Sevagram Ashram, 1941 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi talking with foreign visitors at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi leaving the bungalow of M. A. Jinnah and speaking to the waiting journalists, Mumbai, Sept 1944 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and his party on the march through the riot effected areas in Noakhali, East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi and others passing through a gate Sevagram Ashram, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi having breakfast in front of Mahatma Gandhi s hut at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi at a public meeting at Chaumuhani Noakhali, 1946 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting at Khadi Pratishthan, Sodepur, 24 Parganas, Calcutta, 1946, G.D. Birla , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and others walking on the campus of Sevagram Ashram, 1938, Sushila Nayar NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

08/16/1911. The assembly of Druids and Bards in Brittany: the Druids Gathered on Mount "Saint Gildas" Singing their Chants.

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

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Desai, Krishnadas Gandhi s son Sharad and others walking at Sevagram Ashram, 1940 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi delivering a speech to the crowd in the dry river bed of Sabarmati river, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Asia, March 11, 1930 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Mahatma Gandhi arriving at a mass meeting in Bengal, 1945 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim Evening prayer 1900, West Bank

North Africa Series--Kirk Burns. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting with industrialist G.D. Birla right, Calcutta, West Bengal, India, 1946 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Also spears and wall dresses, manufactured from knocked Treebat are close to Hollandia, sold on the bazaar which every year with Pentecost by the Mission T.B.v. The population is held. May 1958. New Guinea

Make Up Of A Temple Dancer: It's no use trying to hurry things when you're a temple dancer. Yakdessa cultivates patience while he arranges his ceremonial skirt with the help of his brother. In spite of the careful routine they have worked out, the whole operation takes nearly one hour. January 11, 1949. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Mahatma Gandhi standing on dais, 1946 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bali. Children's choir with conductor. April 1948. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. World youth congress in Prague. July 28, 1947. Prague, Czech Republic

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, walking with Manu Gandhi and others in Noakhali East Bengal riots between Hindus Muslims Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave with someone else just before Individual Satyagraha started, Sevagram Ashram, 1941 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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Parsee wedding, India. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, Bombay, Weddings,India,1890-1930.

Acharya Kripalani, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Kamladevi Chattopadyaya, Mridulabehn Sarabai and others in Wardha, 1945 , India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi fondling newborn goat, Wardha, Maharashtra, India, Asia, September 1938 Copyright: xJayanxMitra/DinodiaxPhotox

African witch doctor brought in to fight the Mau Mau. They give cleansing oaths. March 7, 1954.;African witch doctor brought in to fight the Mau Mau. They give cleansing oaths.

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

Pious Moslems gathered at the 'Durbar of God', Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1922. Artist: Unknown

Crowds Break Throuugh Retaining Wall ***** see "Durbar"The Maharaja of Jaipur, followed by retainers, walks through the palace grounds to the private temple for a religious ceremony following the "Durbar", December 14. Some of the crowd which ***** through a concrete retaining hall and cement railings ***** their knecks to catch a glimpse of the Maharajah. September 18, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Southern Palestine. Nebi Rubin (The Prophet Reuben). Holy flags at Nebin Rubin. A daily procession. 1920, Israel

Mahatma Gandhi receiving presents from a man during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi arriving at a mass meeting in Bengal, 1945 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Saudi Arabian farmers using a field scale to weigh alfalfa

Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha, speaking in meeting, Gujarat, India, Asia, April 1930 India

Mahatma Gandhi at a public meeting during his visit to Peshawar, North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938, Sushila Nayar NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Mahatma Gandhi in a meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Pyarelal Nayar and Mr. Menon at Bhangi Colony in Delhi, 1946 blur photograph, India NO MR 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

From the university to Ashram Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Mahatma Gandhi cycled first time since South African days, evening prayers, 1928 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

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Mahatma Gandhi at a public meeting during his visit to the North West Frontier Provinces to Afghanistan, October 1938, Sushila Nayar NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Bowing To The Emperor's Palace -- As each Japanese passes within sight of the Palace grounds in Tokyo, he must pause, put down his belongings and bow in reverence to the imperial presence within. The little wooden building is a sentry box. September 20, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo).

The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America by David Wark Griffith. A plea for the art of the motion picture.

People at a mass meeting, Madras, 1946 Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Jawaharlal Nehru in Mahatma Gandhi s hut at Sevagram Ashram, March 1948 NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Setefilla (January 25, 1981) ABC production. Transfer of the Virgin of Setefilla to the town in Rogativas contra la Drought.

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Attentionally hearing during the speech of the newly elected chairman, Rev. f.j.s. Rumainum from Biak in the first general synod of the Evangelical Christian Church of New Guinea. October 18, 1956. New Guinea

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