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Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand mhän´ds krmchnd´ gän´d [key], 1869–1948, Indian political and spiritual leader, b. Porbandar. In South Africa Educated in India and in London, he was a...mahatma
(Encyclopedia)mahatma mht´m, –hät´– [key] [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the ti...Indian National Congress
(Encyclopedia)Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, ...Das, Chitta Ranjan
(Encyclopedia)Das, Chitta Ranjan cht´t rn´jn däs [key], 1870–1925, Indian political leader. A lawyer who opposed British rule and defended many Indian nationalists, he idealized traditional Indian life...Gandhi, Indira
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Indira nd´r gän´d [key], 1917–84, Indian political leader; daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as an aide to her father, who was prime minister (1947–64), and as minister o...Gandhi, Rahul
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Rahul rä´hool gän´d [key], 1970–, Indian political leader, B.A. Rollins College, 1994, M.Phil. Cambridge, 1995. Son of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, he entered politics in 2004, win...Gandhi, Rajiv
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Rajiv räj´v gän´d, räjv´ [key], 1944–91, prime minister of India (1984–89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi, he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was d...Gandhi, Sonia
(Encyclopedia)Gandhi, Soniagän´d, 1946–, Indian politician, b. Turin, Italy, as Sonia Maino. She met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965 when they were students in Cambridge, England. They were married in 1968 and settled i...ahimsa
(Encyclopedia)ahimsa hm´sä [key] [Sanskrit,=noninjury], ethical principle of noninjury to both men and animals, common to Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. Ahimsa became influential in India after 600 BC, cont...Bhave, Vinoba
(Encyclopedia)Bhave, Vinoba vnb bä´v [key], 1895–1982, Indian religious figure, founder of the Bhoodan Movement. While studying Sanskrit in Benares (Varanasi), he joined Mohandas K. Gandhi as a disciple...Browse by Subject
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