Word: gandhi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...widowed daughter, Indira Gandhi, 45, who is functioning as his assistant and has sometimes been mentioned as his favorite choice to succeed him, is still essentially right when she says: "Unity can only be formed in India behind the Congress Party, and in the Congress Party only behind my father...
...convinced that their ascetic, antimodern life is the only way that the principles of the Sermon on the Mount can conscientiously be carried out. Oddly enough, the inspiration for this attitude does not come directly from Christ but from the patron saint of modern India, Mohandas Gandhi. "Nowhere have I encountered a political, social, economic and practical doctrine which in my opinion conforms more to Christ's teachings than Gandhi's," says Joseph Lanza del Vasto, 61, the white-bearded, mystical founder and patriarch...
...Years of Wandering. Lanza, often called "the Gandhi of Europe." is a Sicilian-born nobleman who can trace his family history to Emperors of the Holy...
...Roman Catholic, lost his faith while in his teens, and regained it at the age of 30, after he received a doctorate in philosophy from Pisa University. Lanza wandered through Europe and the Near East for six years as a self-styled vagabond, finally arriving in India in 1936. Gandhi accepted him as a disciple and nicknamed him Shantidas (servant of peace). Lanza spent 18 months studying with Gandhi, returned to France to marry and write poetry. "When one doesn't have an automobile, one gets interested in poetry," he says. Gandhi believed that India should reject industrial progress...
...India, recruiting centers were jammed with volunteers, ranging from 14-year-old schoolboys to such grizzled veterans as retired General K. M. ("Kipper") Cariappa, 62, who dramatized his impatience at not being called to duty by queuing up alongside other volunteers. Led by Nehru's daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, citizens dug into their hoard of gold ornaments, estimated at a total value of $6 billion, to make donations for the national defense. Maharajahs handed over part of their tax-free state stipends, and workers throughout the subcontinent contributed the equivalent of a day's wages...