Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi strongly believed in this principle.

Political leaders and reformers like Mahatma Gandhi, President John F. Kennedy, civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, and Russian author Leo Tolstoy all spoke of being strongly affected by Thoreau's work, particularly Civil Disobedience, as did " right-wing theorist Frank Chodorov devoted an entire issue of his monthly, Analysis, to an appreciation of Thoreau.

Gandhi strongly pressured the All India Congress Committee to approve of an all-out campaign of civil disobedience, and the AICC approved the campaign on 7 August 1942.

The BJP did not support Operation Bluestar and strongly protested against the violence towards Sikhs in Delhi that broke out in 1984 following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by two of her Sikh bodyguards.

The BJP never supported Operation Bluestar, the BJP strongly protested the violence against Sikhs in Delhi that broke out in 1984, following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by one of her Sikh bodyguards.

Mujib forged a close friendship with Indira Gandhi, strongly praising India's decision to intercede, and professed admiration and friendship for India.

While prominent Muslims like Allama Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah embraced the notion that Hindus and Muslims were distinct nations, other major leaders like Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, Maulana Azad, Badshah Khan, Hakim Ajmal Khan strongly backed the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian freedom struggle, opposing any notion of Muslim separatism.

Gandhi initially favoured offering " non-violent moral support " to the British effort when World War II broke out in 1939, but the Congressional leaders were offended by the unilateral inclusion of India in the war without consultation of the people's representatives.

Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement.

* The presence and rise of a significant number of women as heads of state and heads of government in a number of countries across the world, many being the first women to hold such positions, such as Soong Ching-ling continuing as the first Chairwoman of the People's Republic of China until 1972, Isabel Martínez de Perón as the first woman President in Argentina in 1974 until being deposed in 1976, Elisabeth Domitien becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Lesotho, Indira Gandhi continuing as Prime Minister of India until 1977, Lidia Gueiler Tejada becoming the interim President of Bolivia beginning from 1979 to 1980, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo becoming the first woman Prime Minister of Portugal in 1979, and Margaret Thatcher becoming the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Gandhi met Kamala Nehru and Indira among the women demonstrators picketing outside Ewing Christian College.

Vinoba Bhave, the spiritual heir of Gandhi, sacrificed his life for sarvodaya. DK Karve started the samata sangh and he also started the monthly manavisamata sangh. DK Karve started a university in 1916 at pune for women. In 1920 his university got a windfall in the form of 15 lakhs rupees as a donation by sir vitthaldas thackersey and the name of the university was to kept on his mother's name i. e. SMT. Nathibai damodar thackersey which is popularly known as ( S. N. D. T. University )

The women of Nehru – Gandhi family like Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi wear the special blouse for the campaign trail which is longer than usually and is tucked in to prevent any midriff show while waving to the crowds. Stylist Prasad Bidapa has to say, “ I think Sonia Gandhi is the country's most stylish politician.

Gandhi had asked that only men take part in the salt march, but eventually women began manufacturing and selling salt throughout India.

In November 2011, Ela Bhatt was selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for her lifetime achievements in empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship.

This is reflected in the history of the ASCM with their explicit support for Gandhi, the equality of women and their activism for changes to the White Australia policy which reached its climax in the 1960s with the Sydney branch leading the way.

Other women co-prisoners refused to leave the premises unless she was also released and gave in only after Mohandas K. Gandhi intervened.

During this time he once interviewed Mahatma Gandhi in Bombay on his own volition ( 10 April 1945 ). Narayanan then went to England ( 1945 ) and studied political science under Harold Laski at the London School of Economics ( LSE ); he also attended lectures by Karl Popper, Lionel Robbins, and Friedrich Hayek.

For Gandhi, satyagraha went far beyond mere " passive resistance " and became strength in practising non-violent methods.

Narasimha Rao of the appointment of a review committee on the ecological impacts of the dam, thereafter he went on another long fast another fast which lasted for 74 days at Gandhi Samadhi, Raj Ghat, during the tenure of Prime Minister, H. D.

In December 1936, Lanza went to India, joining the movement for Indian independence led by Gandhi.

Kamala fainted with the heat of the sun and Gandhi went to comfort her.

J. P. went to Wardha to see Gandhi and he met Jawaharlal Nehru.

Fernandes went underground during the Emergency era ( 1975 ), as he took on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for imposing a state of emergency, but was arrested in 1976, and tried in the infamous Baroda dynamite case.

Gandhi appealed to the Indian public for all resistance to end, went on a fast lasting 3 weeks, and called off the mass non-cooperation movement.

For Gandhi, satyagraha went far beyond mere " passive resistance " and became strength in practicing nonviolent methods.

Gandhi's wife Kasturbai Gandhi and his personal secretary Mahadev Desai died in months and Gandhi's health was failing, despite this Gandhi went on a 21-day fast and maintained his resolve to continuous resistance.

Armed with the first Tibetan passports, the delegation went first to New Delhi, meeting with Prime Minister Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi.

When Sardar Patel, K. M. Munshi and other leaders of the Congress went to Gandhi with the proposal of reconstructing the Somnath temple, Gandhi blessed the move, but suggested that the funds for the construction should be collected from the public and the temple should not be funded by the state.

She met Mahatma Gandhi, first in London when, in 1931, he spent some time at Kingsley Hall, a community center with educational, social and recreational purposes, run by the her and her sister Doris, and then in India when she went with him in Bihar on his anti-untouchability tour during 1934.

In late 1917, Montagu went to India to meet up with Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy of India, to meet with leaders of Indian community such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Muhammed Ali Jinnah to discuss the introduction of limited self-government to India and protecting the rights of minority communities such as Muslims and Sikhs.

He went on to supporting roles in a number of major films, including The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chariots of Fire, and Gandhi.

He also went to work with Mahatma Gandhi for a year in 1938.

Appalled at the outrage, Gandhi went on a five-day fast as penance for what he perceived as his culpability in the bloodshed.

The last persons who went up there were former governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi and his family.

Chitra identified the Swiss bank where the AE Services ' money went to, and determined that it was operated by Ottavio Quattrocchi. And evidently R meant Rajiv Gandhi

The newspaper went back to its origins and its editorial pages were openly supportive of the Congress Party and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in particular.

Others who went on to achieve the highest distinction include four British Prime Ministers — Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Clement Attlee and Herbert Asquith — as well as Carwyn Jones ( First Minister of Wales ), Mahatma Gandhi, M A Jinnah ( first Governor General and founder of Pakistan ), and Jawaharlal Nehru ( first Prime Minister of India ).

When the situation on the borders between India and Sri Lanka were tense, Nedumaran heroically sailed to Sri Lanka, videotaped the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka and on his return, went straight to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to apprise him of the situation in Sri Lanka.

As the means so the end ...” A contemporary quote sometimes attributed to Gandhi, but also to A. J. Muste, sums it up: ' There is no way to peace ; peace is the way.

" Jayakar pointed out that Gandhi listened to Nixon " without a single comment, creating an impregnable space so that no real contact was possible.

Patel's decisiveness on the partition of Punjab and Bengal had won him many supporters and admirers amongst the Indian public, which had tired of the League's tactics, but he was criticised by Gandhi, Nehru, secular Muslims and socialists for a perceived eagerness to do so.

India also withdrew its military from the land of Bangladesh when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman requested Indira Gandhi to do so during latter's visit to Dhaka in 1972.

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.

While Priyanka has so far restricted herself to organising her mother's election campaigns and taking care of Sonia's constituency, Rahul Gandhi has gone on to take formal charge as General Secretary of the Congress Party.

Conflicts with various Indian religious leaders aggravated the situation — by 1980 the ashram had become so controversial that Indira Gandhi, despite a previous association between Osho and the Indian Congress Party dating back to the sixties, was unwilling to intercede for it after her return to power.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in 1942 wrote to President Roosevelt: " I venture to think that the Allied declaration that the Allies are fighting to make the world safe for the freedom of the individual and for democracy sounds hollow so long as India and for that matter Africa are exploited by Great Britain ..." Roosevelt repeatedly brought the need for Indian independence to Churchill's attention, but was repeatedly rebuffed.

On 7 March 1908, Gandhi wrote in the Indian Opinion of his time in a South African prison: " Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised — the convicts even more so.

In 1939, Smuts, then prime minister, wrote an essay for a commemorative work compiled for Gandhi ’ s 70th birthday and returned the sandals with the following message: " I have worn these sandals for many a summer, even though I may feel that I am not worthy to stand in the shoes of so great a man.

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 ".

Gandhi was persuaded to stay and pacify tempers in Calcutta with the intention that Suhrawardy share the same roof with him so that they could appeal to Muslims and Hindus alike to live in peace.

Gandhi sent scouts to each village ahead of the march so he could plan his talks at each resting place, based on the needs of the local residents.

* Gandhi chowk was named so for the first time, on 9 October 1920 on the occasion of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's Birthday.

Winston Churchill, then prime minister, dismissed these requests in a fashion that Amery regarded as " Hitler-like ," by asking why, if the famine was so horrible, Gandhi had not yet died of starvation.

* Giuseppe Tucci: Life, Travels and Adventures of the Explorer of Fascism: Blog including unedited documents such as his letters to Mussolini, to the Royal Preceptor of Nepal and to Giulio Andreotti, and documents on his relationship with Gandhi, Tagore, Giovanni Gentile, Karl Houshofer, Mircea Eliade, and so on.

Gandhi and others found that constitutional opposition to the measure was fruitless, so on April 6, a " hartal " was organized where Indians would suspend all business and fast as a sign of their hatred for the legislation.

Throughout the book the British are shown striving to support and sustain the Congress Party and its leader Gandhi, who for so long they had vilified and imprisoned.

Om Prakash Chautala says that " Sonia Gandhi is a pardesi, so congress is not good for their country "

In his Autobiography, Gandhi remembers the twenty-four hour train ride to Durban ( from when he first read the book ), being so in the grip of Ruskin's ideas that he could not sleep at all: " I determined to change my life in accordance with the ideals of the book.

In response to an urgent request by the Secretary of State for India, Leo Amery, and Viceroy of India Archibald Wavell, to release food stocks for India, Winston Churchill the Prime Minister of that time responded with a telegram to Wavell asking, if food was so scarce, " why Gandhi hadn ’ t died yet.

The best-known alumnus is former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who appointed so many old boys to his administration that his inner circle was called a " Doon cabinet ".

Mahatma Gandhi first Satyagrah was experimented on this soil of Motihari in Champaran and so Champaran has been starting point of India ’ s independence movement launched by Gandhi ji.