Ambedkar and his allies also felt Gandhi was undermining Dalit political rights.

Gandhi, although born into the Vaishya caste, insisted that he was able to speak on behalf of Dalits, despite the presence of Dalit activists such as Ambedkar.

Ambedkar complained that Gandhi moved too slowly, while Hindu traditionalists said Gandhi was a dangerous radical who rejected scripture.

Guha noted in 2012 that, " Ideologues have carried these old rivalries into the present, with the demonization of Gandhi now common among politicians who presume to speak in Ambedkar ’ s name.

" Guha adds that their work complemented each other, and Gandhi often praised Ambedkar.

* 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the " Depressed Classes " ( Untouchables ).

Mahatma Gandhi and Ambedkar often clashed because Ambedkar sought to remove the Dalits out of the Hindu community, while Gandhi tried to save Hinduism by exorcising untouchability.

Ambedkar complained that Gandhi moved too slowly, while Hindu traditionalists said Gandhi was a dangerous radical who rejected scripture.

Guha noted in 2012 that, " Ideologues have carried these old rivalries into the present, with the demonization of Gandhi now common among politicians who presume to speak in Ambedkar ’ s name.

" Guha adds that their work complemented each other, and Gandhi often praised Ambedkar.

Chembur has several open public spaces like Gandhi Maidan, Annabhau Sathe Garden, Diamond Garden, Ambedkar Udyan, Sandu Garden, Tilak Nagar grounds ( Sahyadri & Municipal Ground ) and Jawahar Grounds where people meet up and conduct sports events and activities.

* Annihilation of Caste with a Reply to Mahatma Gandhi Part I & Part II by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

Opponents of the renaming claim that Porbandar, the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, has not been renamed Gandhinagar and Jawaharlal Nehru's birthplace Allahabad is still Allahabad and not Nehrunagar hence it is not necessary to rename Mhow after Ambedkar.

It was due to incessant struggles of Gandhi, Ambedkar and Ayyankali that the landless poor ( harijans ) were liberated.

Some of commemorative coins include coins depicting Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, Rajiv Gandhi, Dnyaneshwar, 1982 – Asian Games, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, Sri Aurobindo, Chittaranjan Das, Chhatrapati Shivaji and logo of 2010-Commonwealth Games.

In particular, it is known that Gandhi would often quote Shelley's Masque of Anarchy to vast audiences during the campaign for a free India.

Indian ideological leader Mahatma Gandhi is often cited as the " father " of the appropriate technology movement.

In the early days of national struggle and before Gandhi, the Indian National Congress was known to be under Lal-Bal-Pal i. e. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bipin Chandra Pal and the leading of the three Balgangadhar Tilak often dubbed Lokmanya Tilak.

Critics have often attributed his pre-eminence in politics to his standing as a favorite of both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Though the present government is headed by Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister, leader of the ruling party is Sonia Gandhi and the quasi-governmental body headed by her, called National Advisory Council, is often referred to as Kitchen Cabinet by media and general public.

Gandhi ( the Mahatma ) was often referred to as Gandhi-ji.

* Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, often called by its acronym, IGNOU

He often held exhibitions for poor children, and at one exhibition in Delhi, among the hundreds of visitors were the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accompanied by his daughter Indira Gandhi.

For some of Congress's history over the past century, especially under Indira Gandhi, this office has been combined with that of President of the All India Congress Committee, or Congress President, but the duties are different, with the Working President often being a person of great influence within the organisational structure of the party rather than of great political popularity.

Lohia is often called a maverick socialist, a cliched but nevertheless apt description. He gave that impression not to be controversial, but because he was always evolving his thoughts, and like his mentor, Gandhi, did not hesitate to speak the truth as he saw it.

During the Swadeshi Movement Mahatma Gandhi travelled through the district and often stayed at Kafilatali Akhra and at Sreerampur Rajbari in Ramganj.

It is known that Gandhi would often quote Shelley's Masque of Anarchy to vast audiences during the campaign for a free India.

The Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was often considered Gandhi's successor, although he was not religious and often disagreed with Gandhi.

The conference was a disappointment to Gandhi and the nationalists, because it focused on the Indian princes and Indian minorities rather than on a transfer of power.

* March 6 – Prime Minister of India Chandra Shekhar resigns because of a dispute with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, whose support had kept him in power.

* May 8 – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.

Gandhi represented Jains in Chicago because the Great Jain Saint Param Pujya Acharya Vijayanandsuri, also known as Acharya Atmaram, was invited to represent the Jain religion at the first World Parliament of Religions.

It served as a model for labour colleges around the world, and Gandhi made a point of visiting during a brief stay in Oxford in 1931 because he had been so inspired by the writings of John Ruskin on workers ’ education, just as the college founders had been.

According to President Gandhi, a trained anthropologist and historian, Azania was selected as the name for the new administration because of its historical importance, as " Azania was a name given to Somalia more than 2, 500 years ago and it was given by Egyptian sailors who used to get a lot of food reserves from the Somali Coast [...] Its origin is Arabic word meaning the land of plenty.

Although his popularity at the regional level fluctuated greatly, it is believed that Rajaji was able to exercise his stranglehold over provincial politics mainly because he was favored by national leaders such as Gandhi, Patel and Nehru.

He was closely identified with Gandhi because of his non-violence principles and he is known in India as the ' Frontier Gandhi '.

In the meanwhile, Gandhi called off the non-co-operation movement in horror because the violent mob had killed twenty-two policemen in Uttar Pradesh at Chauri Chaura.

A naval rating swung his rifle at Rajiv Gandhi, confessing later that he hit the Indian PM because he could not reach Jayawardene.

Other historical figure-based humor includes offhand coincidental remarks to other students, such as Abe mentioning that the clone of Napoleon is so annoying because of " some kind of complex ", or Gandhi telling Catherine the Great to " get off her high horse ".

Episodes center on various social issues, including Gandhi being shunned by his school for having ADD ( because of misinformation about the disorder ), parodying shows which tackle AIDS awareness ( it even included a special guest celebrity who tries to educate the students ).

In the Middle East he is called the Arab Gandhi because he was teaching the power of nonviolence similar to Mahatma Gandhi in India during the British Raj.

The Shivaji Park Residential area, a predominantly upper middle class residential zone, has also become a highly sought after residential area in South Mumbai because of its proximity to the Dadar Chowpatty, Shivaji Park, Mahatma Gandhi Olympic Swimming Pool and the famous Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi.

For Christians, this human potential is realized most perfectly in Jesus, precisely because he is both God and human, and is manifested in others through their association with him, whether conscious, as in the case of Christian mystics, or unconscious, with regard to spiritual persons who follow other traditions, such as Gandhi.

Another report states that the descendants of Mahatma Gandhi do not want to have the ashes removed because it would entail breaking the shrines.

The last Test and the remainder of the tour were cancelled because of the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

Dirlewanger was nicknamed " Gandhi " because of his slender build.

Despite the original definition by the SABC that nominees need not have been born in South Africa as long as they had lived in South Africa, some people questioned the inclusion of Hendrik Verwoerd, Mahatma Gandhi, Cecil John Rhodes for the very reason that they were not born in South Africa, and J. R. R. Tolkien because he was born to an English family in Bloemfontein, South Africa, which again returned to England when he was three years old.