Some of which are based on Theosophical interpretations and were notably represented by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who made clear throughout his life and his own commentary on the Gita that it was " an allegory in which the battlefield is the soul and Arjuna, man's higher impulses struggling against evil.

India's " Father of the Nation ," Mohandas K. Gandhi, was shot to death in 1948 by Nathuram Godse.

He was also deeply interested in the life and example of Gandhi, producing an unpublished book-length manuscript on his life.

It was on this trip that Doke's father contracted enteric fever and died soon afterwards ( Gandhi attended the memorial service and addressed the congregation ).

Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, 1947Given the British government's recommendations to grant independence quickly, Mountbatten concluded that a united India was an unachievable goal and resigned himself to a plan for partition, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan.

The INC was out of power between 1977 and 1980, when the Janata Party won the election due to public discontent with the corruption ( promulgation of Emergency with stringent forces ) of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

This rule was interrupted between 1977 to 1980, when the Janata Party coalition won the election owing to public discontent with the controversial state of emergency declared by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi ( Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī, née Nehru ; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984 ) was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms ( 1966 – 77 ) and a fourth term ( 1980 – 84 ).

Gandhi was the second female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, and she remains as the world's second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2012.

Gandhi was the only child of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India.

During her stay in the UK, Nehru frequently met her future husband Feroze Gandhi, whom she knew from Allahabad, and who was studying at the London School of Economics.

Gandhi was cremated on 3 November near Raj Ghat.

Over a decade later, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.

Mahatma Gandhi was deeply influenced ( particularly through the guidance of Shrimad Rajchandra ) by Jain tenets such as peaceful, protective living and honesty, and made them an integral part of his own philosophy.

He was the father of Indira Gandhi and the maternal grandfather of Rajiv Gandhi, who were to later serve as the third and sixth Prime Ministers of India, respectively.

Nehru was one of the leaders who objected to the time given to the British-he pressed Gandhi to demand immediate actions from the British.

Nehru considered the salt satyagraha the high water mark of his association with Gandhi, and felt that its lasting importance was in changing the attitudes of Indians:

Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, was able to fulfill her father's dream by the 42nd amendment ( 1976 ) of the Indian constitution by which India officially became " socialist " and " secular ".

Nehru had hoped to elevate Maulana Azad as the pre-eminent leaders of Indian Muslims, but in this, he was undermined by Gandhi, who continued to treat Jinnah as the voice of Indian Muslims.

Gandhi was not.

Following the Quit India resolution passed by the Congress party in Bombay ( now Mumbai ) on 8 Aug 1942, the entire Congress working committee, including Gandhi and Nehru, was arrested and imprisoned.

His prestige was restored unwittingly by Gandhi, who had been released from prison on medical grounds in May 1944 and had met Jinnah in Bombay in September.

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.

The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a Hindu nationalist with links to the extremist Hindu Mahasabha, who held Gandhi responsible for weakening India by insisting upon a payment to Pakistan.

At a mass protest meeting held in Johannesburg on 11 September that year, Gandhi adopted his still evolving methodology of Satyagraha ( devotion to the truth ), or non-violent protest, for the first time.

In this year, Gandhi was persuaded to preside over the Congress session to be held in Belgaum.

The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a Hindu nationalist with links to the extremist Hindu Mahasabha, who held Gandhi responsible for weakening India by insisting upon a payment to Pakistan.

The program no longer featured internationally known controversial figures to match the likes of Timothy Leary, Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir and William F. Buckley who had held viewers ' attention in the 1960s and most of the 1970s.

On 12 April 1980, he held a meeting with the Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi before declaring the formation of " National Council of Khalistan ", at Anandpur Sahib.

Unsuccessful negotiations were held with Bhindranwale and his supporters, following which Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to storm the temple complex.

Negotiations were held, and the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed on 29 July 1987, by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Jayewardene.

A special screening was held in Rashtrapati Bhavan ( presidential quarter ) in New Delhi on 23 October 1957 ; the event was attended by the President of India Rajendra Prasad, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi.

When Mahatma Gandhi visits Malgudi, the meetings and speeches are held right on the banks of river Sarayu.

It is printed on “ khadi ”, the handspun cotton material that Gandhi Ji held out as the symbol of self determination and self reliance.

In his attempt to prove himself thus, in November 2008 Gandhi held interviews at his 12, Tughlak Lane residence in New Delhi to handpick at least 40 people who will make up the think-tank of the Indian Youth Congress ( IYC ), an organisation that he has been keen to transform since he was appointed general secretary in September 2007.

His Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency seat was held by his daughter-in-law, and wife of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi from 2004 until now.

In the same year, colour TV was introduced in the Indian market with the live telecast of the Independence Day speech by then prime minister Indira Gandhi on 15 August 1982, followed by the 1982 Asian Games which were held in Delhi.

With the backdrop of the Bangladesh War and the emerging role of Indira Gandhi as a populist national leader, the 1971 election to the Lok Sabha was held.

Allegedly, on his bedroom wall he held the pictures of Jesus and Mahatma Gandhi.

It was the first time the two held talks on equal terms, and resulted in the Gandhi – Irwin Pact.

India held a state funeral for its founding leader, Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated on 30 January 1948.

SAARC Summit 1986, Dhaka Bangabhaban ; HM Ershad, Rajiv Gandhi, Ziaul Huq among other Head of States Ershad played a key role during the SAARC Summit in 1985, which was the first summit held in Dhaka, uniting all member states of South-East Asian States.

The Menon government lasted until the downfall of the Indira Gandhi regime in 1977 ( no state elections were held in this period ).

The IPF held its second conference in Calcutta on November 4 – 6, 1984, in the midst of the chaos following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

It is printed on “ khadi ”, the handspun cotton material that Gandhi Ji held out as the symbol of self determination and self reliance.

The wedding was held in Chennai without anyone from Vikram's side of the family attending the wedding ceremony because of the ongoing Quit India movement led by Mahatma Gandhi.