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2. Margaret Bourke-White
Quiet scenes from a revolutionary life

3. In 1946, Mohandas Gandhi sits next to a spinning wheel, a device used to make yarn or thread; the now-famous
image came to symbolize the notion of Indian self-sufficiency — and thus independence from British rule.

4. Gandhi often went on hunger
strikes as a method of antigovernment resistance. Here in
1948, he's seen ending his last
fast, which was intended to
persuade Hindus and Muslims
to work towards peace. Mere
weeks after this picture was
taken, a Hindu extremist would
assassinate him as he headed
to an evening prayer meeting.

5. Gandhi ends his final fast in 1948

6. Before she was allowed to
photograph Gandhi, Bourke-White
was informed she would need to
learn the spinning wheel. (She
caught on quickly.) Her nowfamous images of Gandhi working
at his wheel, like this one from
1946, became an enduring
representation of Gandhi's legacy.

7. In 1946, an array of sandals and shoes lie outside the doorway of the flat occupied by Gandhi's personal
secretary

8. Mohandas Gandhi's long-eared goat, 1946

9. The children of Gandhi's son, Devadas — from left, Gopu, Mahun, Ramchandra, and Tara — gather with Hindu
leader Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari in 1946.

10. Gandhi, center, is shown walking with family members and an official (in suit) from the Friend's Ambulance Unit
— an international organization focused on famine relief — in 1946.

11. "Surrounded by his adoring disciples, Gandhi goes walking each morning. Here he is supported by his
granddaughter Sita (left) and daughter-in-law Abha (right)."

12. Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1946.

13. Mohandas Gandhi with his secretary, Pyarelal Nayyar, 1946.

16. Mohandas Gandhi stands near his nephew Kanu (right) and his wife Abha, as his secretaries (left to right)
Sushila Pai, Raj Kumari and Pyarelal Nayyar sit at his feet during a twilight prayer meeting, 1946.

17. Mohandas Gandhi (third from
right) walks with (left to right)
his secretary, Pyarelal, Dr.
Horace Alexander of the
Friend's Ambulance Unit. Also
pictured: Abha Gandhi (second
from right) and his son Manilal's
wife, Sushila.

18. Mourners crowd around
Gandhi's body — he was killed
by a lone gunman on Jan. 30,
1948 — as it lies in state

19. Mourners crowd the street below a terrace displaying the body of Gandhi after his assassination in New Delhi in
1948

20. Gandhi's five-hour funeral
procession stretched over
five and a half miles through
the streets of Old and New
Delhi, and included some
4,000 troops and more than
a million mourners.

21. Mourners gather around wood stacked for Gandhi's funeral pyre in 1948. His ashes were scattered on the holy
Jumna River in New Delhi

22. Just 24 hours after his murder, Gandhi’s son set his funeral pyre aflame on the banks of New Delhi’s holy Jumna
River, January 1948.

23. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Mahatma Gandhi's last days and funeral procession, 1948

24. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi the day before his assassination .

25. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi dictates a message, just before breaking his

26. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi
dictates a message, just before
breaking his fast.

27. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi
leaving Meherauli, a
Moslem shrine. This is
one of the last
appearances between
end of his fast and his
death.

28. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi,
just after breaking his fast.

29. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi,
just after breaking his fast.

30. Delhi. Birla House.
1948. Gandhi on
last day of his fast,
the day before his
assassination.

31. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi leaving
Meherauli, a Moslem shrine.
This is one of the last
appearances between end of
his fast and his death.

32. Delhi. Birla
House. 1948. An
interview with
Gandhi the day
before his
assassination.

33. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi on last day of his fast (the day before his assassination). After prayer meeting
crowds pass in front of him.

34. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi leaving Meherauli, a Moslem shrine. This is one of the last appearances between end of his
fast and his death.

35. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi (center, back) leaving Meherauli, a Moslem shrine. This is one of the last appearances
between end of his fast and his death.

36. Delhi. Birla House.
1948. Gandhi on his
death bed.

37. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. In
Gandhi's bedroom just after he
died.

38. Delhi. Birla House.
1948. Crowd at the
windows following
Gandhi's death.

39. 1948. Delhi. Birla House. Crowd at the windows following Gandhi's death.

40. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi's funeral. The procession leaves Birla House.

41. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Couch Gandhi was to have used at prayer meeting he never reached.

42. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Nehru announces Gandhi's assassination to a crying crowd.

43. Delhi. Birla House. 1948. Gandhi's body. He had been assassinated the day before.

44. Delhi. Birla House. 1948.
The crowd gathers
following Gandhi's death.
The cloth.

45. Delhi. Gandhi's funeral. 1948. Crowds gathered between Birla House and the cremation ground.

46. Delhi. Gandhi's funeral. 1948.
Mourners along the route
between Birla House and
cremation grounds.

47. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi's funeral.
Mourners along the route between
Birla House and cremation grounds.

48. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi's
funeral. The procession
leaves Birla House.

49. Delhi. 1948. The cremation of Gandhi on the banks of the Sumna River.

50. Delhi. 1948. The cremation
of Gandhi on the banks of
the Sumna River.

51. Delhi. 1948. The cremation of
Gandhi on the banks of the Sumna
River. Left: The Prime minister Cri
Jawaharlal Nehru.

52. Delhi. 1948. The cremation of Gandhi on the banks of the Sumna River. Gandhi's secretary watches the first
flames of the funeral pyre.

53. Delhi. 1948. The cremation of Gandhi on the banks of the Sumna River.

54. Delhi. 1948. The second day after Gandhi's cremation, members of Gandhi's family, and a few closest friends,
gather the ashes.

55. Delhi. 1948. The train carrying Gandhi's ashes to the river Ganges, where they were to be scattered. Crowds
lined the railway tracks to see and touch Gandhi's ashes, and pay a last tribute to their leader.

56. Delhi. 1948. The train carrying
Gandhi's ashes to the river
Ganges, where they were to be
scattered. Crowds lined the
railway tracks to see and touch
Gandhi's ashes, and pay a last
tribute to their leader.

57. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi's ashes on their
way to the Ganges. Left: The Prime
minister Cri Jawaharlal Nehru.

58. Delhi. 1948. Gandhi's ashes on their way to the Ganges.

59. Delhi. 1948. The crowd watching Gandhi's ashes being scattered .

60. January 30, 1948, New Delhi, India
Mahatma Gandhi, Assassinated
…..Godse approached Gandhi on January 30, 1948 during the evening
prayer at 5:17 pm. When Godse bowed, one of the girls flanking and
supporting Gandhi, Abha Chattopadhyay, said to Godse, "Brother, Bapu is
already late" and tried to put him off, but he pushed her aside and shot
Gandhi in the chest three times at point-blank range with a Beretta M 1934
semi-automatic pistol chambered in .380 ACP bearing the serial number
606824. Gandhi died almost immediately. Godse himself shouted "police"
and surrendered himself.

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Mahatma Gandhi by Photographers Margaret Bourke-White and Henri Cartier-Bresson
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