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.
Gandhi often went on hunger strikes as a method of anti-government 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.
Gandhi ends his final fast in 1948
The children of Gandhi's son, Devadas — from left, Gopu, Mahun, Ramchandra, and Tara — gather with Hindu leader Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari in 1946.
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