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2 unusual facts about Gandhi


In the Cesspool of Culture

In The Cesspool of Culture is the debut album by Ska punk/Hardcore punk band Gandhi's Cookbook.

It features all of the original material written by Gandhi's Cookbook up until the time of recording and was recorded DIY at Chris Ryan's home studio.


Aga Khan Palace

Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died during their captivity period in the palace and have their Samadhis located over there.

In 1969, Aga Khan Palace was donated to the Indian people by Aga Khan IV as a mark of respect to Gandhi and his philosophy.

Arun Manilal Gandhi

Arun Gandhi is featured in “THE CALLING: Heal Ourselves Heal our Planet” a Documentary Film in Production created by Barbara Altemus, directed by Oscar-nominated William Gazecki.

Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

Nine Hours to Rama is a 1963 British movie based on Stanley Wolpert's novel of the same name, which is a fictional account of the final nine hours leading up to Gandhi's assassination.

Basic structure doctrine

On 31 July 1980, when Indira Gandhi was back in power, the Supreme Court declared sections 4 & 55 of the 42nd amendment as unconstitutional.

Begumpet Airport

The airport is home to the Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy, Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy (RGAA) and the Begumpet Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.

Bhai Parmanand

He met Gandhi again in 1933 where he analysed India as being composed of three elements: Hindus, Muslims and the British.

Bishop Nehru

He chose the his stage name from a combination of Tupac's character in the movie Juice, noting that the character of Bishop inspires him "to go out and get mine, you've got to earn respect" and Nehru is taken from the former prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, who worked closely with legendary peacemaker Gandhi.

Cult of Charkha

Gandhi on the other hand emerged as the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement.

Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar

He is most well known as the author of an eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, titled Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Dolly Thakore

Thakore began her film career as casting director and unit publicist with Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982).

Erica Chenoweth

In December 2013, Foreign Policy named Chenoweth one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of the year "for proving Gandhi right," noting her work on providing evidence for the efficacy of nonviolent political movements.

Fernando Nobre

Nobre defended himself that he trusted Passos Coelho personally (stating he was an honest man) and that (quoting Gandhi) only who doesn't look for the truth never changes his mind.

Gandhi cap

Katherine Frank, Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi (2002)

Gandhi House

Satyagraha House, a house built for Gandhi and Hermann Kallerbach in Johannesburg

Gandhi Nagar railway station

Gandhi Nagar Railway Station (station code - GADJ) is a railway station in Jaipur.

Gandhi Nagar, Kochi

Gandhi Nagar is one of the two earliest (the other being Panampilly Nagar) planned housing colonies in the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India.

GFK

GFK is also a nickname for Gandhi in the animated series Clone High.

Gopal Godse

In an interview with Time Magazine he said, "Someone asked me whether Gandhi said, Hey Ram. I said Kingsley did say it. But Gandhi did not. Because that was not a drama."

GURPS Wild Cards

Data and characters are drawn from Wild Cards volumes I-V, including a history of the Wild Cards world, the Wild Card virus, over 50 super-characters, variant historical characters (e.g., Castro, Churchill, Gandhi, Franco, et al.), a description of Jokertown, the major Wild Card organizations, and the various aliens (the Takisians, the Swam, the Network group).

Harish Saluja

The film starred Roshan Seth and Saeed Jaffrey, two extremely talented Indian actors who were appearing together for the first time after Gandhi (1982) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985).

Haryana Technical Institute

It is located Behind New Bus Stand, On New Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium Road, Vishal Nagar, Rohtak.

Indira Gandhi Canal

After the construction of the Indira Gandhi Canal, irrigation facilities were available over an area of 6770 km² in Jaisalmer district and 37 km² in Barmer district.Irrigation had already been provided in an area of 3670 km² in Jaisalmer district.

Indira Gandhi Polytechnic College, Mahe

Indira Gandhi Polytechnic College is an educational institution situated in Mahe, Kerala.

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located amidst Kambalakonda Reserve Forest in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

J. C. Kumarappa

He was described by M. M. Thomas as one of the "Christians of the inner Gandhi circle" - which included non-Indians such as Charles Freer Andrews, Verrier Elwin and R. R. Keithahn, and Indians such as Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, S.K. George, Aryanayagam and B. Kumarappa, all of whom espoused the philosophy of non-violence.

Kamal Swaroop

The idea of 'Om Dar-Ba-Dar' came to him on the crowded sets of Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi', on which he was an assistant director.

Keezhur Kunnu

Mahatma Gandhi College, Keezhur Kunnu was founded by Iritty Educational Society and is affiliated to the Kannur University.

Kissa Kursi Ka

The subsequent Shah Commission established by Government of India in 1977 to inquiry into excesses committed in the Indian Emergency found Sanjay Gandhi guilt of burning the negative, along with V. C. Shukla, Information and Broadcasting minister of the time.

Kumaré

To record the documentary, American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transformed himself into Sri Kumaré, an enlightened guru from a fictional village in India, by adopting a fake Indian accent and growing out his hair and beard.

Many compared the character of Kumaré and the deception by Gandhi to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat character and film.

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital is located in Warangal of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Poongkothai Chandrahasan

She is the granddaughter of the man hailed as "Ezha Thanthai Selva" and "Sri lankan Gandhi" the Honorable S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, QC MP, Leader of The Federal Party/ TULF (1949–1977, a revered Sri Lankan politician and iconic leader of the Tamil community.

Premiership of Morarji Desai

Specific inquiries were instituted on Sanjay Gandhi's management of the state-owned Maruti Udyog Ltd., the activities of the former Minister of Defence Bansi Lal and the 1971 Nagarwala scandal.

R. D. Pradhan

In August 1985, Rajiv Gandhi handed over responsibility of negotiations with Laldenga to Pradhan.

Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram

Elements of the chant were included in the song "uTho-uTho he bharat" in the movie Bharat Milap (1942), the song "de dii hamen aazaadii binaa khaDg binaa Dhaal" in the movie Jagriti (1954), Purab Aur Paschim (1970) and in the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), in the Kannada film Gandhi Nagara (1998), and in the movie Gandhi (1982).

Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Boarding School

Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Boarding School is a self-funding, boarding senior high school located near Jaidu Mandi in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Rajeev Khandelwal

He was approached for a lead role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali production's Chenab Gandhi along with Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan but due to conflict between SLB and Director Vibhu Puri film got stalled.

Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Pondicherry Veterinary College was rechristened as the Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, named after Rajiv Gandhi, in a state function presided over by Ms. Sonia Gandhi.

Rajmohan Gandhi

Associated from 1956 with Initiatives of Change (formerly known as Moral Re-Armament), Rajmohan Gandhi has been engaged for half a century in efforts for trust-building, reconciliation and democracy and in battles against corruption and inequalities.

Sahajanand Saraswati

Judith M. Brown, 1972, Gandhi's Rise to Power: Indian Politics, 1915–1922, London.

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) is a medical institute of India located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Sarla Behn

She worked for a while at a school in Udaipur before moving on to meet Gandhi with whom she remained for eight years at his ashram at Sevagram in Wardha.

Swami Keshwanand

He was again arrested the same year, but was soon released pursuant to the Gandhi-Irwin pact.

The Essential Gandhi

The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas is a collection of Gandhi's writings edited by Louis Fischer.

Virchand Gandhi

Strangers In This Land by E. Allen Richardson mentions this Parliament and Gandhi's subsequent interview with The New York Times.

Wadgaon Sheri

City centers like Shivajinagar, Deccan Gymkhana, Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road), Camp, Hadpsar are all within a radius of nine to ten kilometers.


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