A painting of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only oil portrait he ever sat for, sold for $205,000 at Bonhams on Tuesday. The painting originally had a pre-sale estimate of $67,063 (£50,000) to $93 ...

Here, Mahatma Gandhi (r.) sits with his brother Laxmidas in 1886 at the age of 17. Mahatma was the youngest of three older siblings born in a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula in India.

A rare 1931 oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, painted during his visit to London for the Second Round Table Conference, sold ...

Mahatma Gandhi was a leader who sacrificed his life to realise the dream of liberating India from colonial rule and establishing a secular, democratic republic, Mr. Vijayan said while extending ...

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi shares his birthday with another Indian politician and statesman, Lal Bahadur Shastri.

The portrait artist, Clare Leighton, was introduced to Gandhi when he visited London in 1931 to attend the Second Round Table ...

Gandhi Jayanti which is celebrated on October 2nd every year, marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This year, Gandhi Jayanti will commemorate the 155th birthday of the father of the nation.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30 1948, two days before the closing date for that year's Nobel Peace Prize nominations. Six letters of nomination were sent to the committee - some ...

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Mahatma Gandhi became a greater autocrat than the Viceroy. For a year or two he was the virtual dictator of the intelligentsia, and issued manifestoes and ultimatums to Government.

Mahatma Gandhi. Wikimedia commons Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, in 1869.