    
Title: Mahatma Gandhi Description: Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869-1948) in his famous loincloth at the start of the April 6 "Salt March" from Ahmedabad to Dandi on the Cambay Coast as an act of defiance of the British government by holding up salty sea water when it was illegal to possess untaxed salt, while the tax affected every household in India; political and spiritual leader of India during its movement for independence from Great Britain in the 1930s and 1940s; head of the Indian National Congress; pioneer of satyagraha, resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence which led India to independence in 1947; Location: Ahmedabad, India, 1930 Keywords: civil disobedience, Gandhi, Great Soul, India's independence, nonviolent resistance, Salt March, 1930s. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1800 x 2518 (4.53 MPixels) (1.40) Print Size: 15.2 x 21.3 cm; 6.0 x 8.4 inches File Size: 12.99 MB (13,617,570 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096264 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
