His optimism was such a contrast to his grim-sounding international contemporaries that Time magazine made him their 1931 Man of the Year, an honour never bestowed on a Frenchman before, following Mohandas K. Gandhi and preceding Franklin D. Roosevelt.

It depicts eight famous faces associated with the town, including Mohandas Gandhi, who visited nearby Darwen in 1931.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | Mohandas K. Gandhi in Darwen, 26 September 1931 with Mirabehn ( Madeleine Slade ).

One of Darwen's biggest claims to fame is that it hosted a visit from Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1931.

The Gandhi – Irwin Pact was signed in March 1931.

On his first trip to England in 1931 he traveled on the Rajputana, the same ship that was carrying Mahatma Gandhi, who was sailing to the second Round Table Conference in London.

Benn's contact with leading politicians of the day dates back to his earliest years ; he met Ramsay MacDonald when he was five, David Lloyd George when he was 12 and Mahatma Gandhi in 1931, while his father was Secretary of State for India.

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.

Jones, born 1931, also began preaching that he was the reincarnation of Mahatma Gandhi ( died 1948 ), Father Divine ( died 1965 ), as well as Jesus of Nazareth, Buddha and Vladimir Lenin.

The agreement between Gandhi and Irwin was signed on March 5, 1931.

On Irwin's return to England in April 1931, the situation was calm, but within a year the conference collapsed and Gandhi was again arrested.

The chief period of interest is the time Gandhi was incarcerated in the Yeravada Jail near Pune, Maharashtra from 1931 to 1934.

Kingsley Hall is famous both for the visits of Mahatma Gandhi to the East End in 1931 and the therapeutic clinic run by the alternative psychologist R. D. Laing from 1965.

It is said that Gandhi was jeered when he visited mill towns on his 1931 tour of Britain, as many locals blamed his policies for causing unemployment.

" Civil disobedience continued until early 1931, when Gandhi was finally released from prison to hold talks with Irwin.

Mahatma Gandhi stayed in Kingsley Hall in 1931 and the building now houses the Gandhi Foundation.

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.

Gandhi attended the 1931 roundtable after negotiations with the British Government.

When Mahatma Gandhi applied for a passport in 1931 to attend the second Round Table Conference in London, Petigara was cited as one of his references.

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

He was an early advocate of Indian independence after meeting Mahatma Gandhi in 1931 in London.

degree from the University of Calcutta in 1931, here again he organized conferences to draw the attention towards issues of discrimination, and also participated in the anti-untouchability movement started by Mahatma Gandhi.

As Röhm's authority increased, so did his insignia and by mid 1931 photographic evidence shows him wearing a two and then three leaf design.

Other notable competitions include the annual Bledisloe Cup played against Australia's traditional rivals, the New Zealand All Blacks since 1931, and the Tri-Nations competition involving South Africa and New Zealand.

In 1931 he traveled to Paris, where he spent a year studying more traditional French painting and drawing techniques at the Academie Scandinave.

These two rules are used as the basis for most of the more specific rules of Appendix II, including that no club may have a concave face ( 1931 ) and various rules defining what is " traditional " about the shapes of specific clubs, while allowing for the progression of technology.

Six years later, in February 1931, the State declared the first contest for the Palace of the Soviets, distributing preliminary proposals to 15 architectural workshops ( avant-garde and traditional architects ).

Seán Ó Riada ( 1 August 1931 – 3 October 1971 ), was a composer and perhaps the single most influential figure in the revival of Irish traditional music during the 1960s.

According to the Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly District, Vol II, 1931, p 67, " the traditional meeting place of the three Tamil kingdoms was the temple of Cellānti Amman on the banks of the Kāvēri, twelve miles west of Kulittalai and three miles below the junction of the Amarāvati and the Kāvēri.

He was praised by Paul Schultze-Naumburg in a lecture in 1931, because he aligned himself with supporters of traditional styles.

* Yacub Addy, traditional drummer, composer & choreographer: NEA National Heritage Fellow 2010 U. S. A .; collaborates with Wynton Marsalis ( b. 1931 )

Grey Owl ’ s first book called The Men of the Last Frontier was published in 1931, and it traced the devastating story of the beaver as well as posed some very valid concerns about the future of Canada and its forests.

Denis Charles Pratt was born in Sutton, Surrey, the fourth child of solicitor Spencer Charles Pratt ( 1871 – 1931 ) and former governess Frances Marion Pratt ( née Phillips ) ( 1873 – 1960 ); he changed his name to Quentin Crisp in his twenties, after leaving home and cultivating his outlandishly effeminate appearance to a standard that both shocked contemporary Londoners and provoked homophobic attacks.

After leaving secondary school, he joined the Royal Netherlands Navy as a midshipman in 1931 and subsequently attended the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder.

After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

In June 1931, before the formation of the National Government, Simon resigned the Liberal whip and was accused by Lloyd George of leaving " the slime of hypocrisy " as he crossed the floor.

Tragedy struck the Lomax family in 1931 when Lomax's beloved wife Bess Brown died at the age of fifty, leaving four children ( the youngest, Bess, only ten years old ).

Alfonso XIII suspended the monarchy on 14 April 1931, leaving the royal family in Madrid.

Under Soviet rule, Syunik suffered a devastating earthquake in April 1931, leaving 80 % of its villages destroyed.

Vincent Coll leaving homicide court surrounded by police officers, 1931

In 1931, they joined the Warwickshire League but only played in the league for two seasons before leaving the league, but were back five years later until the outbreak of World War II.

Don Redman took over this band in 1931 ; Henderson continued to work as the band's pianist and arranger before leaving to work for his brother.

The team played its way to the German championship final in six consecutive seasons from 1926 to 1931, but were only able to come away with the title in 1930 and 1931 with BSC leaving to become an independent club again after the combined side's first championship.

The extension from Oxford to Sheffield closed in 1931 along with the Eyreton Branch from Bennetts to Eyreton, leaving the Oxford branch to live out the rest of its days as a rural branch line.

Bond got his start in 1931 at the age of five when a talent scout for Hal Roach studios approached him as he was leaving a Dallas cinema with his mother.

He died in 1931, leaving the building and its contents to the mayor and city council of Baltimore " for the benefit of the public.

In the summer of 1931, Phelan Beale separated from his wife, leaving Big Edie, then 35 years old, dependent on the Bouviers for the care of herself and children.

In 1931, he reached an agreement with his creditors, leaving him with six sewing machines to start again.

After leaving the Gunners, Knighton went on to manage Bournemouth ( 1925 – 28 ), Birmingham ( 1928 – 33 ), whom he led to the 1931 FA Cup Final, Chelsea ( 1933 – 39 ) taking over from the long serving David Calderhead, and Shrewsbury Town ( 1945 – 48 ), before their election to the Football League.

Colonel Springs died in April, 1931 leaving his empire to his only child, Elliott White Springs.

The forest was established in 1931 on a site extensively over-plowed and overgrazed during the early part of the 20th century, leaving wind-blown sand dunes and economic hardship.

In 1924, she began her career as a journalist on the Denver Times and Rocky Mountain News, leaving the News ( the Denver Times was folded into the News in 1926 ) in 1931 to write plays, do freelance reporting work, and raise a family.

San Isidro played all the football championships in the amateur era in Argentine football from 1903 to 1931, leaving when that sport became professional in Argentina.

After leaving office, Denney served as acting secretary of state for Delaware in 1931, commissioner of the State Motor Vehicle Commission in 1940, and was the state librarian from 1941 to 1948.

The 2nd Republic purported to suppress the Orders in a decree of 29 April 1931, just two weeks after the proclamation of the Republic, and dissolve the Tribunal but did not mention the Consejo de las Órdenes Militares, leaving the juridical situation of this body intact.