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Mahatma Gandhi

Synopsis

Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India, Mahatma Gandhi studied law and came to advocate for the rights of Indians, both at home and in South Africa. Gandhi became a leader of India’s independence movement, organizing boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948.

Spiritual and Political Leader

Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Kathiawar, India. He studied law in London, England, but in 1893 went to South Africa, where he spent 20 years opposing discriminatory legislation against Indians. As a pioneer of Satyagraha, or resistance through mass non-violent civil disobedience, he became one of the major political and spiritual leaders of his time. Satyagraha remains one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today.

Fight for Indian Liberation

In 1914, Gandhi returned to India, where he supported the Home Rule movement, and became leader of the Indian National Congress, advocating a policy of non-violent non-co-operation to achieve independence. His goal was to help poor farmers and laborers protest oppressive taxation and discrimination. He struggled to alleviate poverty, liberate women and put an end to caste discrimination, with the ultimate objective being self-rule for India. Following his civil disobedience campaign (1919-22), he was jailed for conspiracy (1922-24). In 1930, he led a landmark 320 km/200 mi march to the sea to collect salt in symbolic defiance of the government monopoly. On his release from prison (1931), he attended the London Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform. In 1946, he negotiated with the Cabinet Mission which recommended the new constitutional structure. After independence (1947), he tried to stop the Hindu-Muslim conflict in Bengal, a policy which led to his assassination in Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic.

Death and Legacy

Even after his death, Gandhi’s commitment to non-violence and his belief in simple living—making his own clothes, eating a vegetarian diet and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of protest—have been a beacon of hope for oppressed and marginalized people throughout the world.

Mahatma Gandhi at the age of seven, 1876

Mahatma Gandhi with his class mate Sheikh Mehtab (right) at Rajkot, 1883. Date, 1883.

Mahatma Gandhi (right) with his elder brother, Laxmidas, 1886.

Mahatma Gandhi, front right, with members of the Vegetarian Society, London, 1890.

A London newspaper where Gandhi was referenced in an article in June 13, 1891. No indication was given of when it was taken, but probably when he was called to the bar a week earlier, age 21.

Mahatma Gandhi with co-founders of Natal Indian Congress Durban. South Africa. 1895.

Mahatma Gandhi with the stretcher-bearers of the Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War, South-Africa

Gandhi with the stretcher-bearers of the Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War, South-Africa

Mahatma Gandhi during the early years of legal practice, Johannesburg, 1900.

Mohandas Gandhi (center) sits with co-workers at his Johannesburg law office in 1902

Mohandas Gandhi with his colleagues outside his office at Johannesburg

Kasturba Gandhi and her four sons, Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi & Devdas Gandhi, in South-Africa, 1902.

Gandhi as a lawyer in South-Africa, 1906

An Indian volunteer ambulance corps of stretcher bearers during the Zulu Rebellion in South Africa, 1906.

On March 29, 1907, Gandhi ji led his first Satyagraha in Transvaal, South Africa, protesting against the Asiatic Registration Act. The legislation mandated that every Asian who wished to reside or possess property in South Africa had to register his or her name with the authorities. The punishment for not doing so was deportation without the right to appeal.

Mahatma Gandhi recuperating after his release from a South African jail in 1908. Photo taken at the house of Rev. J.J. Doke, his first biographer, Durban, February 10, 1908.

Gandhi outside the prison with fellow non-violent resisters in South Africa in 1908

Mahatma Gandhi during a visit at London, 1909.

Pioneer settlers of Tolstoy Farm, 1910. Standing from right

Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Hermann Kallenbach (with dog), Devadas Gandhi (Gandhi's son, right) and others in front of "The Tent" at the living quarters orchards of Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg, South Africa, ca. 1910

The Congress at its Calcutta Session in 1911, congratulated Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian community in Transvaal on the repeal of the South African province’s anti-Asiatic legislation.

Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi, Sonia Schlesin (extreme right) and others on Tolstoy Farm, June 1912

During the visit of Gopal Krishna Gokhale to South Africa, Durban, October 1912.

At Verulam with his wife Kasturba and a boy, August 5, 1913

Policeman confronting Gandhi as he led the striking Indian, 1913

Pretoria Passive Resisters with striped jerseys, vs. Johannesburg Passive Resisters with plain jerseys played in Rangers Ground, Mayfair, Johannesburg, 1913

Gandhi in South-Africa, with "Satyagrahi" clothes made after prisoners' clothes, 1913 or 1914

Gandhi, Sonia Schlesin, his secretary, and Dr. Hermann Kallenbach. Kallenbach sewed this photo in the collar of his jacket before joining Gandhi in England during the First World War. Being of German origin, he feared being arrested and the image seized. He was effectively arrested, but the police never discovered the photo. 1913.

The last photograph of Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi in Durban, South Africa along with several friends before their return to India, July 1913.

On October 28, 1913, Gandhi led a march of 3000 Indian miners from New Castle to Volksrust to protest against the £3 tax which Indian indentured labourers were made to pay. The Satyagraha continued to January 21, 1914.

Addressing a farewell meeting at Durban, July 1914

Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi in Johannesburg, prior to their departure for England, July 1914.

Farewell meeting for Dr. Hermann Kallenbach, Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi at Cape Town, July 18, 1914.

Mahatma Gandhi with associates in South Africa, 1914.

Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi set sail for England on July 18, 1914, where they arrived two days after the country had entered World War I. Even during his short stint in England, Gandhi volunteered to set up an ambulance corps for the war. They returned to India on January 9, 1915, a homecoming that was to change the path of India's history.

Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi shortly after their return to India, 1915. | _7167313293

Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi shortly after their return to India, 1915.

Mohandas K. Gandhi with his wife, Kasturba, on their return to India from South Africa in 1915.

During his stay at Varanasi, February 1916, on the occasion.

Mohandas Gandhi receives a big welcome in Karachi in 1916 after returning to India from South Africa.

Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1918, when he led the Kheda Satyagraha against unjust taxation.

On March 22, 1918, Sardar Patel, under the leadership of Gandhi, launched a Satyagraha against taxes on flood-hit farmers in Kaira. It continued up to June 6, when the government agreed to the demands of the protestors.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was a key moment in Indian History as British Forces, led by Brigadier-General REH Dyer opened fire on a crowd thousands of people in Amritsar, killing over a thousand. April 13, 1919.

Gandhi and the Congress joined the Khilafat movement launched by prominent Muslim leaders to protest against British designs against the Caliphate in Turkey. In the process, Gandhi ji not only united the country across the religious divide, he also transformed the Congress into a mass movement.

Mahatma Gandhi at the reception given to Rabindranath Tagore, Ahmedabad, April 3 - 5, 1920.

On August 1, 1920, a non-cooperation movement was led by Gandhiji against the British for not addressing the widespread anger caused by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as well as the Khilafat issue. Gandhiji exhorted the people to give up colonial titles and government posts and boycott foreign articles.

Gandhi at a party given by Srinivas Iyengar, Madras, September 1921.

Mohandas Gandhi in a characteristic pose, 1924.

Mahatma Gandhi convalescing at "Palm Bun", Juhu, March-May 1924.

After hearing news of communal violence in Kohat and also in Amethi, Sambhal and Gulbarga, Gandhi went on a fast for Hindu-Muslim unity on September 17, 1924. He broke his fast after 21 days.

To end the infighting within the Congress, a pact was signed between Gandhi on one hand and Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das on the other whereby the Congress accepted that the Swarajists were in the Councils on the Congress’s behalf. In return, the Swarajists agreed that only those who spun Khadi could be members of the Congress. December 26, 1924.

Sarojini Naidu became the second woman to preside over the Congress after Annie Besant.

Mahatma Gandhi spinning at Chilaw, Ceylon, November 17, 1927.

On February 6, 1928, Sardar Patel under Gandhi’s leadership launched a Satyagraha in Bardoli against high taxes on farmers who were already reeling under floods and famine. It continued up till August 6, 1928, when an agreement was arrived at with the government.

During the Calcutta session, Gandhi moved a resolution accepting the Motilal Nehru report's recommendation of Dominion Status within two years. However, Jawaharlal Nehru moved an amendment reiterating the Congress’s commitment to independence. To arrive at a middle ground, the Congress gave the British a warning that a civil disobedience movement would start if India was not granted dominion status by December 31, 1929.

Mahatma Gandhi receiving an address in Kheda district, 1929. | _0059989997 Gandhi with Nehru in 1929.

Gandhi spinning. Gujarati Handwriting: Mohandas Gandhi 19-12-1929.

Gandhi arrived in Bombay on 5th April and addressed a public meeting at the Congress House on the importance of khaddar and the boycott of foreign cloth. About fifty foreign caps and few other foreign cloths were thrown on the platform. At the close of the meeting the foreign-made cloths were burned inside the Congress House compound. 5th April 1929.

Gandhi with the ruler of Kalakankar State (North India) in his car. November 14, 1929.

On March 12, 1930, Gandhi started his Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha) from his residence at Sabarmati protesting against the 1882 Salt Act, which gave the British a monopoly on the collection, storage and trade of salt, and which levied a salt tax. On Apr 6, 1930, Gandhi broke Salt laws at Dandi.

Getting shaved during the Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha). March 1930.

Mahatma Gandhi, Dandi March (Salt Satyagraha). March 12, 1930.

The conference, chaired by the British PM, Ramsay MacDonald, discussed constitutional issues pertaining to India. The Congress did not attend the Conference as its leaders were in jail for civil disobedience. November 12, 1930.

Gandhi entered into a pact with the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin, thereby agreeing to discontinue the civil disobedience movement and participate in the Round Table Conferences, on Irwin's acceptance to withdraw the Salt tax and ordinances and cases against the Congress and other nationalists. March 5, 1931.

Second Round Table Conference. Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu before the 2nd Round Table Conference. The deliberations of the conference that started on September 7, 1931, failed to bring about a consensus between Gandhiji and other Indian participants on separate electorates and other safeguards for Muslims and other minorities. September 7, 1931.

Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin at London, September 22, 1931 | _6047778362 Gandhi at Allahabad in 1931.

3rd November 1931, Mahatma Gandhi arriving at No 10 Downing Street, London, for a conference with Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald.

Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to Rome, December 12, 1931.

Mahatma Gandhi with fellow passengers during his voyage to England on board of S.S. Rajputana, August 1931.

Gandhi handling a nautic instrument on the captain's bridge of SS Rajputana. September, 1931.

Mahatma Gandhi in conference with Rajendra Prasad at Swaraj Bhavan, Allahabad, February 1931.

Charlie Chaplin with Mahatma Gandhi in Canning Town, London, 1931.

Civil Disobedience Revived. Lord Willingdon became the Viceroy in Nov 1931. He violated the Gandhi-Irwin Pact by repressing Congress and other nationalists. Hence, Congress revived the civil disobedience movement on January 1, 1932.

Fast against Separate Electorate. On September 20, 1932, Gandhi went on a fast protesting against a separate electorate for Harijans. In his words, such "separation would kill all prospects of reform"; "when a man relies on a support, to that extent he weakens himself". September 20, 1932.

The Third Round Table Conference began on November 17, 1932 and continued up to December 24, 1932. The Congress boycotted it. November 17, 1932.

Gandhi taking a meal during his convalescence, June 1933.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel at a special session of the All India Congress Committee to consider a proposal for the formation of Congress. 1933.

Mahatma Gandhi with Jamnalal Bajaj, Satyagraha Ashram, Wardha, 1934.

Mahatma Gandhi in Mani Bhavan, Mumbai, 1934.

Mahatma Gandhi during his tour to Bihar, March 1934.

Mahatma Gandhi walking at Sevagram Ashram, 1934.

Mahatma Gandhi with Abbas Tyabji in 1934.

Swami Paramhansa Yogananda and Gandhi taking their meals at Satyagraha Ashram, Sevagram, August 26, 1935.

Gandhi declaring open All-India Village Industries Association. 1935.

Mahatma Gandhi arriving at Wardha from Sevagram by a tonga, 1936.

Nehru and Gandhi at the opening of the Indian National Congress, 1937.

Gandhi just before entering a train, October 1937.

Gandhi on the ashram precincts, Segaon, January 1938.

Gandhi and Kasturba at Segaon. January 1938.

Mahatma Gandhi telephoning from the office hut at Satyagraha Ashram, Sevagram,1938.

Congress president Bose with Mohandas K. Gandhi at the Congress annual general meeting. 1938.

Mahatma Gandhi fondling a newborn two hours old goat carried by ashramite Balwant Singh. September 1938.

Gandhi cleaning his spectacles, Wardha. 1939.

Gandhi just after ending his fast at Rajkot. March 7, 1939.

Gandhi on the way to the Viceregal Lodge, Delhi. April 1939.

Gandhi walking to meet Viceroy Lord Linlithgow in Simla, with Rajkumari Amrit Kaur behind him, September 12, 1939.

Gandhi with Mahadev Desai at Bardoli (Gujarat). 1939.

Gandhi visits Parchure Shastri, a teacher and fellow ashramite. Segaon. December 1939.

Gandhi giving massage, 15 min. daily, to a leper patient, the Sanskrit scholar Parchure Shastri, at Sevagram Ashram. 1940.

Gandhi studying leprosy germs at Sevagram Ashram. 1939.

A Special cover released on Anti Leprosy Day – 30 Jan 2008. The cover shows Gandhiji attending to a Leprosy patient Pt Parchure Shastri a sanskrit scholar at Sevagram in 1939. Gandhiji also seen studying Leprosy Germs at Sevagram.

Discussion with Rajagopalachari, Sevagram. June 1940.

Gandhi in front of his hut at Segaon. January 1940.

Mahatma Gandhiduring Ramgarh Congress, March 1940.

Gandhi attends a Congress Working Committee meeting at Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, Vallabhbhai Patel to the left, Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to the right.

Poet Rabindranath Tagore delivering an address of welcome to Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba, February, 1940.

On October 15, 1940, Gandiji launched the individual civil disobedience movement (as distinguished from the mass civil disobedience movement) with Vinoba Bhave as the first individual satyagrahi and Nehru, the second. October 15, 1940.

Mahatma Gandhi performing the opening ceremony of Kamla Nehru Hospital in Allahabad in 1941.

Gandhi with Mahadev Desai at Devagram. 1942.

Mahatma Gandhi in light mood at Birla House, Mumbai, August 1942.

Gandhi drafting a document at Birla House, Mumbai, August 1942.

Writing a draft for the 1942 Quit India Resolution, Bombay, August 1942.

Mahatma Gandhi with Mahadev Desai at the All-India Congress Committee meeting, August 8, 1942.

Mahatma Gandhi chatting with Jawaharlal Nehru in the doorway of the house where they conferred in Wardha, Bombay, September 9, 1942. At far left is Gandhi's secretary, Mahadev Desai.

Mahatma Gandhi sitting next to Jawaharlal Nehru at the AICC General Session, 1942.

The Quit India movement marked the begining of the last phase of British rule in India. Starting from the August Kranti Maidan, the movement spread like wild-fire through the country, culminating with India's Independence in 1947. August 9, 1942.

Mahatma Gandhi with women. Sarojini Naidu is on the left. Before 1942.

Pandit Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi during the All-India Congress Committee session, Bombay, August 8, 1942, when the "Quit India" resolution was adopted, calling for the immediate dissolution of British rule. The following morning, British authorities arrested Gandhi and Nehru, along with other top Indian political leaders. 8 August 1942.

Marshal & Madame Chiank Kai-Shek meet with Mahatma Gandhi in Calcutta. March 1942.

Mahatma Gandhi in a train with crowd. Before 1942.

Gandhi with Aga Khan and Sarojini Naidu. Before 1942.

Ba and Bapu (mother and father) at Sevagram Ashram, January 1942.

Gandhi during prayer meeting on Juhu Beach, Mumbai, May 1944.

Gandhi on the way to Bombay. September 8 1944.

Gandhi with his son Devdas at Juhu Beach, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. May 1944.

Gandhi on his evening walk at Juhu Beach, Mumbai, May 1944.

Gandhi during prayer at Mumbai. September 1944.

Gandhi greeting the people at Panchagani. July 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi at Sevagram Ashram Wardha Maharashtra India. August 1944.

Gandhiji inspecting the 'hook worms' through microscope during his convalesce at Jehangir Patel's hut in Juhu, Bombay. May 1944.

Jehangir Patel's hut in Juhu, Bombay. May 1944.

Gandhi walking with Kanu Gandhi (right) and others. Mumbai. Maharashtra. India. September, 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi with his hostess, Sumati Morarjee at Juhu Beach, Bombay, May/June 1944.

Collecting money for the Harijan Fund on his way to Poona, June 15, 1944.

Gandhi and Jinnah in Bombay, September 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi presenting a birthday present to Nandini, niece of Pyarelal Nayar at Sevagram Ashram. August 1944.

On his morning walk with Maniben Patel at Panchagani, July 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi presenting a birthday present to Nandini, niece of Gandhi's secretary Pyarelal Nayer, at Sevagram Ashram, August 1944.

Mahatma Gandhi speaking to co worker Chakraborty Rajagopalachari Mumbai Bombay Maharashtra. India. September 1944.

With Muslim leader Muhammed Ali Jinnah at Mumbai, September 1944.

Kasturba Gandhi’s last breath at Aga Khan Palace, Poona, February 22, 1944. Kasturba passed away in Bapu's lap. She had been ailing for months. Bapu had seen many deaths. But Kasturba's death hit him the hardest.

A special private cover was released on 22 Feb 2008 on 64th Death Anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi. The cover is a tribute to BA. She was ill at the time of her arrest and suffered succession of Heart Attacks and breathed her last on 22 Feb 1944 in the arms of Mahatma Gandhi . She was cremated within the compound of Aga Khan Palace Pune.

During a prayer meeting at Mumbai, September 1944.

Gandhi on the way to see the Viceroy at Simla. June 1945.

Gandhi during a train journey in 1945. Left his secretary Pyarela.

Mahatma Gandhi on the way to see the Viceroy, Simla. June 24, 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi at a mass meeting in Bengal. 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi with a child, Poona. September 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi on the way to see the Viceroy at Simla. June 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi standing on a weighing scale at Birla House. Mumbai, 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi at the foundation laying ceremony of Andrews Memorial Hospital, Shantinikatan. December 19, 1945.

Gandhiji's arrival in Simla, Gandhiji alighting from the car outside Manorvilla, Simla, in 1945.

Gandhi with Shantikumar Morarjee visit Kasturba National Memorial Trust's office at Scindhia House, Bombay. April 13, 1945.

Sudhir Ghosh (left), Ramkrishna Bajaj (centre) and Mahatma Gandhi on a boat on way to Midnapur (East Bengal), December 24, 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi and Sumati Morarjee cutting vegetables, 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi with his Excellency Mr. R.G. Casey, Governor of Bengal, during their meeting at Calcutta, December 1945.

Discussing Lord Wavell's proposal with Maulana Azad, Bombay, June 1945.

Mahatma Gandhi and Shriman Narayan at his residence Jeevan Kutir in Wardha. 1945.

Walking in Noakhali (East Bengal). November 1946.

Gandhi entering G.D.Birla's Packard. May 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi with Abhaben Gandhi during his tour of Bengal province in 1946.

Gandhi giving solace to the sufferers of Noakhali. December 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer session in 1946.

Gandhi is being seen off at the jail gate of Dum Dum Jail, Calcutta, by some of the security prisoners and jail officials. January 17, 1946.

A British parliamentary delegation meets Mahatma Gandhi at Chennai Madras Tamilnadu India. 25 January 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi with the Harijan leader Thakkar Bapa at Chennai Madras Tamilnadu India January 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi leaving the British Viceroy's House at 5.30 p.m., Delhi, April/May 1946.

Jawaharlal Nehru sharing a joke with Mahatma Gandhi, Mumbai. July 6, 1946.

Lord Pethick-Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, and Gandhi photographed as the latter was leaving after an interview, Delhi. April 18, 1946.

Visit to the affected area of Ramganj on foot, November 25, 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting in Birla House, Bombay, 1946.

President Herbert Clark Hoover, 1946, with gandhi in India

Greeting the Villagers, Noakhali, January 1947.

During his march through Bihar, March 1947

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Mridula Sarabhai, Mahatma Gandhi, Manu Gandhi (from left) and others during Gandhi's peace march through Bihar, March 1947.

Gandhi with Abdul Gaffar Khan during the tour of Jahanabad, Bihar. March 28, 1947.

Gandhi by the side of Abdul Bari's coffin, Patna, March 29, 1947

Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Amtus Salam on the day of her fast breaking Shirandi January 20th 1947.

At the All-India Radio, New Delhi, from where he gave a broadcast message to refugees on November 1947.

Mahatma Gandhi wearing a Noakhali hat whilst spinning at Birla House New Delhi India. November 1947.

Mahatma Gandhi with his grand daughter Manu (left) and the wife of his grand nephew Kanu Gandhi, Abha, at Birla House, New Delhi, in December 1947.

Mahatma Gandhi at a meeting with Muslim Leaguers at Jahanabad. Bihar, March 1947.

History records Malati Chaudhury's role walking with Mahatma Gandhi in the streets of Noakhali in 1947 in the wake of the communal riots and tirelessly working for peace. Her pace of work earned her the epithet 'Tofani' ('the storm') from the Mahatma. She was always among the first to reach the strife torn places such as Raurkela in 1964 and Cuttack in 1967 striving for peace, dignity and harmony among the affected people.

This photo archive shows Gandhiji speaking with his guests during his stay in the Hydari Mansion. In a bid to restore peace in Calcutta, Gandhiji started fasting from Sept 1, 1947. He broke it four days later after assurance from leaders of all communities in Calcutta.

Mahatma Gandhi at his first meeting with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, New Delhi. April 2, 1947.

Lord Mountbatten with Mahatma Gandhi two weeks before Partition. 1947.

Gandhi with Abha (left) and Dr Sushilanayar at Birla House in Delhi, 1947.

"If the Congress wishes to accept partition, it will be over my dead body. So long as I am alive, I will never agree to the partition of India. Nor will I, if I can help it, allow the Congress to accept it." - Gandhi, March 3rd, 1947.

Gandhi plugging his ears against the deafening din of the demonstrators before his Beliaghat residence at Calcutta, August 15, 1947

On March 23, 1947, Pandit Nehru hosted the Asian Relations Conference, chaired by Sarojini Naidu, to "bring together the leading men and women of Asia on a common platform to study the problems of common concern to the people of the continent, to focus attention on social, economic and cultural problems of the different countries of Asia, and to foster mutual contact and understanding." March 23, 1947.

Gandhi breaking his fast. Delhi. January 18. 1948.

Writing a prayer message. January 18 1948.

Gandhi on the deathbed, covered with flowers. January 31, 1948.

Flowers on the death bed January 31 1948

On 30, January 1948. at 5.00 pm Mahatma Gandhi left for the prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi, the last journey, January 31, 1948

At the death bed of Mahatma Gandhi at Birla House, New Delhi

Gandhiji's last prayer at Birla House. 29th Jan, 1948.

The last prayer meeting The day of Gandhi's assassination. January 30 1948.

Mahatma Gandhi, is carried from his main house to the Garden area after breaking a five-day fast in New Delhi, India on January 21, 1948.

Gandhi’s last footsteps on January 30, 1948, and the garden in which he was assassinated.

This is the place where Gandhi had his last meeting with Sardar Patel on 30 January 1948 between 4.00pm to 5.00pm and left for the prayer.