There was no greater prince of peace and apostle of non-violence than Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, whom we have lost, but yet, he said it was better to take the sword than to surrender, fail or run away.

Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world.

Gandhi sought to practice non-violence and truth in all situations, and advocated that others do the same.

With Congress now behind him in 1920, Gandhi had the base to employ non-cooperation, non-violence and peaceful resistance as his " weapons " in the struggle against the British Raj.

Gandhi had a clash with Subhas Chandra Bose, who had been elected president in 1938, and who had previously expressed a lack of faith in non-violence as a means of protest.

* December 24 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian spiritual non-violence leader writes his second letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him " My friend ", requesting him to stop the war Germany had begun.

The conference, attended by Arab and Indian academics, UN officials and diplomats discussed the Gandhi ’ s teaching of non-violence, austerity and spiritualism with particular reference to the Arab world today.

Nathuram Vinayak Godse ( 19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949 ), was the sole assassin of Mahatma Gandhi — the pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism in British ruled India and apostle of non-violence — shooting Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range on 30 January 1948 in New Delhi.

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

The political philosophy most closely associated with India is the one of ahimsa ( non-violence ) and Satyagraha, popularized by Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian struggle for independence.

Deciding that Indians were not ready to make a stand consistent with the principle of ahimsa ( non-violence ), an integral part of satyagraha, Gandhi suspended the resistance.

This philosophy finds its inspiration in the non-violence movements of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi.

" The group's philosophy is hinged on the principle of non-violence as propagated by Mahatma Gandhi.

In reflection, Gandhi felt that he had acted too hastily in encouraging people to revolt against the British Raj without sufficiently emphasizing the importance of ahimsa ( non-violence ) and without adequately training the people to exercise restraint in the face of attack.

He was to later explain his frustration to Gandhi, in a story he told Muklaika Bannerjee, " If the cook comes to slaughter this chicken's baby, is non-violence on the part of the chicken likely to save the younger life?

Pietro Ameglio ( born in Uruguay 1958 ) is an Uruguayan-born naturalized Mexican citizen, He authored Gandhi y la desobediencia civil, México hoy ( Gandhi and the civil disobedience, Mexico today ) ( Plaza and Valdés, Mexico, 2002 ), a book on non-violence in Mexico.

Fujii was greatly inspired by his meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 and decided to devote his life to promoting non-violence.

Lord Wavell claimed during his meeting on 27 August 1946 that Gandhi had told him, " If India wants bloodbath she shall have it ... if a bloodbath was necessary, it would come about in spite of non-violence ".

Gandhi felt responsible for the killings, reproached himself for not emphasizing non-violence more firmly, and feared that the entire Non-Cooperation Movement would degenerate into an orgy of violence between the British-controlled army and police and mobs of freedom-fighters, alienating and hurting millions of common Indians.

Gandhi ’ s commitments to non-violence, human freedom, equality and justice arose from his personal examination.

Homer Jack notes in his reprint of this article, " To Every Briton " ( The Gandhi Reader ) that, " to Gandhi, all war was wrong, and suddenly it ' came to him like a flash ' to appeal to the British to adopt the method of non-violence.

On 30 January 1948, Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting.

On 30 January 1948, Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting.

On the platform ( left to right ) Virchand Gandhi, Dharmapala, Swami Vivekananda

Mahatma Gandhi said, " I hope this temple, which will serve as a cosmopolitan platform for people of all religions, castes, and creeds including Harijans, will go a great way in promoting religious unity, peace, and love in the country.

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology hosts National Conference on Recent Innovations in Technology ( NCRIT ) which aims at providing a common platform for professionals, academicians, researchers, and industrialists together to share their knowledge and ideas for achieving focused developments and advancements in engineering and management, through technical paper presentations and panel discussions.

In 1983, N. T. Rama Rao, a popular Telugu actor established his Telugu Desam Party ( Telugu Desam, meaning Land of Telugus ) with the support of people's dissent arising out of frequent changes in chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on a platform of " Telugu Pride ".

In recent years, it has become customary for foreign dignitaries visiting India to pay their respects to Gandhi at the Raj Ghat by laying flowers or wreaths on the platform.

Philosophical anarchists of historical note include Mohandas Gandhi, William Godwin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Max Stirner, Benjamin Tucker, and Henry David Thoreau.

Information received from nongovernment ( sic ) sources indicates that discrimination does exist in certain sectors of the public administration ; examples include the decline in the number of Sikhs in the police force and the military, and the absence of Sikhs in personal bodyguard units since the murder of Indira Gandhi ".

These universities include Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Madhya Pradesh Veterinary Sciences University, Madhya Pradesh Medical University, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Barkatullah University, Devi Ahilya University, Rani Durgavati University, Vikram University, Jiwaji University Gwalior and Dr HariSingh Gaur University ( Sagar University ).

Diets that may simplify domestic food production and consumption include vegan diets and the Gandhi diet.

Rajaji's daughter Lakshmi married Devdas Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gandhi while his grandsons include biographer Rajmohan Gandhi, philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi and former governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Sub-localities of Adyar include Gandhi Nagar, Kasturba Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Indira Nagar, Venkatarathnam Nagar, Padmanabha Nagar, Bhaktavatsalam Nagar, Parameshwari Nagar, Jeevaratnam Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Karpagam Gardens and Arunachalapuram.

Some of the more controversial Amul ads include one commenting on Naxalite uprising in West Bengal, on the Indian Airlines employees strike, and the one depicting the Amul butter girl wearing a Gandhi cap

Schools in Moka include Le Bocage International School, Mahatama Gandhi Institute, Mahatma Gandhi Secondary School, St. Mary Roman Catholic School, and Ecole du Centre.

These include the monument to General Carranza in front of the borough hall, a monument to Simón Bolívar in Jardín Simón Bolívar, a plaque and medallions marking the place where Franciso I. Madero and José María Pino Suárez were executed, and one to Mahatma Gandhi.

These include management faculties in Indian Institutes of Technology ( IITs ) such as the Vinod Gupta School of Management in IIT Kharagpur, and National Institutes of Technology ( NITs ) such as National Institute of Technology Calicut, other national institutes such as the Indian Institute of Forest Management and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology and many other prominent colleges and universities .,...

His appearances include roles in such films as Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ), Rollerball ( 1975 ), The Spy Who Loved Me ( 1977 ), Gandhi ( 1982 ), Out of Africa ( 1985 ) and Crusoe ( 1989 ).

" Other historical figures include Gandhi (" The Hip Gahn ") and the Marquis de Sade (" The Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade, the King of Bad Cats ").

These include: Gandhi Polytechnic, Ayurved Medical College, Ayurved Research Centre, Agriculture College, Agriculture Science Centre, Hospitals, Eye Hospitals, Degree Colleges, Inter Colleges, Senior Secondary Schools, Navodaya School, Girls ' Schools, Junior High Schools, Primary Schools, Sanskrit Pathshalas, Dumb Deaf and Blind School, Yoga Training Centre, Dharmshalas, Orphanage, Old Persons ' Ashram, Old Cow's Protection Centre and several other spiritual and religious centres.

The cast also expands to include at least 24 principals, more than 300 named fictional characters, and a number of historical figures including Churchill, Gandhi, Jinnah, Wavell, and Slim.

His themes — usually treated in series — include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life.

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.

Some of the famous freedom fighters include Bhikaji Cama, Dr. Annie Besant, Pritilata Waddedar, Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kriplani and Kasturba Gandhi.