On Jan. 30, 1948, Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi at the age of 78. Take a look back at the life and legacy of India's prime leader in independence and nonviolence. Skip to content ...

Born October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India. Employing a ...

Not published in LIFE. In 1946, Mohandas Gandhi sits next to a spinning wheel, a device used to make yarn or thread; the now-famous image came to symbolize the notion of Indian self-sufficiency ...

Harilal Gandhi’s granddaughter, Nilam Parikh, wrote Gandhijinu Khovayelu Dhan: Harilal (Gandhi’s Lost Jewel: Harilal) in 2001. In 2005, Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie’s Gandhi’s Prisoner: The Life of Gandhi’s ...

Life has improved some since Gandhi’s visit. “In earlier times we had to bring our own cups to tea shops,” said a woman. “And when we brought grain to the house of a higher caste, ...

Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi was born on Oct. 2, 1869. His sesquicentennial gives us an opportunity to take stock of the legacy of this towering figure of the first half of the 20th ...

On Gandhi's 145th birthday, LIFE shares the story behind the most famous photo ever made of the pioneer of non-violent civil disobedience. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV.

Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography by Pramod Kapoor colours in the shade in the famous independence movement leader's life; Book reveals Gandhi learnt compassion from wife's 'silent tears' and ...

Every October 2, on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, the country pays tribute. Maybe it is also time to honour the woman who stood by him through all the tribulations of the freedom struggle.

Gandhi never visited the U.S., but few non-Americans have had such a great impact on American life. His work as a freedom fighter and social reformer in India was closely followed in the U.S.

Chuck Stanford, lama emeritus, Rime Buddhist Center: To fully understand this quote, it is important to know the backstory from where it came. While Gandhi was a practicing Hindu, Christianity intr… ...