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‘Gandhi’, India’s first ever entry into TIFF’s Primetime, gets standing ovation

A still from the new series Gandhi, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Credit: Courtesy TIFF)
Updated on Sept 14, 2025 11:18 am IST

Hindustan Times @100: an inside-out perspective

The constants in newsrooms such as Hindustan Times are editorial independence and the commitment to journalistic principles
Published on Sept 22, 2024 07:00 am IST

Gandhi Jayanti 2023: Date, history, significance and all you need to know

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat.
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 07:04 am IST

Gandhi Jayanti 2022: Wishes, images, quotes and messages to share on October 2

Wishes, images, inspiring quotes and messages to share on Gandhi Jayanti 
Updated on Oct 02, 2022 07:01 am IST

Gandhi Jayanti 2022: Inspiring quotes by Bapu, India's Father of the Nation

Gandhi Jayanti 2022: Inspiring quotes by Bapu, India's Father of the Nation
Updated on Oct 02, 2022 07:05 am IST

Gandhi Jayanti 2021: 10 inspirational quotes by India's Father of the Nation

Gandhi Jayanti 2021: 10 inspirational quotes by India's Father of the Nation
Updated on Oct 02, 2021 09:07 am IST

100 years of Jamia Millia Islamia: Institute with roots in national struggle

A 1920 photo of the group of students and teachers, including Zakir Husain (third row; second from left) who started Jamia Millia Islamia with Lala Lajpat Rai (second row, holding a cane).
Updated on Oct 29, 2020 01:33 pm IST

Gandhi Jayanti Special: The shades of Gandhiji on celluloid

A still from Richard Attenborough’s film, Gandhi (1982).
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 11:55 am IST

When Gandhi stood trial for sedition

The historical trial of Mahatma Gandhi and Shri Shankarlal Ghelabhai Banker, editor, and printer and publisher respectively of Young India, on charges under section 124A of the Indian Penal Code was held on Saturday, 18th March, 1922, before Mr C. N. Broomfield. J.CS., District and Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad.
Updated on Oct 01, 2020 07:41 pm IST

Satyagraha in South Africa

Mohandas Gandhi (center) sits with co-workers at his Johannesburg law office in 1902.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 06:17 am IST

Gandhi: A determined chronicler

After training in law and clearing the London bar, Gandhi turned his sights to South Africa, then a British colony. He migrated in 1893 to work for the offices of Dada Abdulla and Company.
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 05:05 am IST

Independence Day 2020: From Gandhi to Uri, a selection of all-time great patriotic films

Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkummar Rao’s Swades and Newton are among the two best films about one’s love for the country.
Updated on Aug 15, 2020 07:18 am IST

Mahatma Gandhi was a staunch Hindu, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at a memorial at Gandhi Smriti, in New Delhi on Monday.
Updated on Feb 18, 2020 10:51 am IST

Gandhi and Savarkar’s Bharat Ratna

The court acquitted Savarkar in the Gandhi murder trial. But he did inspire those who think the assassins were right
Published on Oct 22, 2019 04:34 pm IST

Gandhi Jayanti 2019: When Ben Kingsley, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor played the Mahatma onscreen

On Gandhi Jayanti 2019, here is a primer on men who have played Gandhi onscreen including Ben Kingsley, Dilip Prabhavalkar and Naseeruddin Shah.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 08:59 am IST

Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2019: Best Wishes, Quotes, Images, Messages, Whatsapp and Facebook posts to share on October 2

Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2019: This year India will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of our Nation.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 12:41 pm IST

131 years on, ‘Gandhi’ returns to relive first stay in London

Indian high commissioner Ruchi Ghanshyam addressing the event in the Victorial hall where Gandhi would have had his first breakfast on British soil in September 1888.
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 12:09 am IST

The Mahatma’s legacy for the world, writes Venkaiah Naidu

For Gandhi, character was the key criterion for public service
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 07:26 pm IST

The man who can never be killed, who will live on

It was well-known that there was no difference between his individual faith and social objectives. The Noakhali episode is a living example of this
Updated on Sept 30, 2019 06:15 pm IST

1915-16: A tour of the homeland

Gandhi started his travels from Bombay and journeyed across the length and breadth of the country, from Kolkata to Ahmedabad, Delhi to Chennai.
Updated on Oct 02, 2024 12:36 am IST

Artists who’ve kept Gandhi alive on canvas, in raga & with bronze

Mahatma Gandhi entering GD Birla’s Packard, a 2016-2018 oil on canvas by artist Atul Dodiya.
Published on Sept 26, 2019 04:54 am IST

Mahatma’s memorials in Delhi

Mahatma Gandhi flanked by Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru (standing behind him) with officers of the Indian National Army in Delhi, April 1946.
Updated on Sept 25, 2019 09:40 pm IST

A novel form of political protest

Days after breaking the Salt law on April 6, 1930, Gandhi toured the villages around Dandi and addressed gatherings, speaking about the importance of satyagraha, and the need for civil disobedience.
Updated on Sept 30, 2021 08:50 pm IST

A winning combination

Woman demonstrators during Quit India movement 1942
Published on Oct 01, 2021 12:58 am IST

Kasturba, on her own terms

Kasturba Gandhi, 1915. Courtesy National Gandhi Museum.
Updated on Oct 01, 2021 01:00 am IST

Mahatma Gandhi: In memory of the greatest Indian ever

Scenes during Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Salt March. This march on foot to the sea coast at Dandi, on the eve of the Salt Satyagraha, 1930.
Updated on Oct 01, 2021 12:55 am IST

Mahatma Gandhi was healthy but underweight, show health records

At the age of 70, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi weighed 46.7 kg.
Updated on Mar 26, 2019 07:05 am IST

Railways to showcase Gandhi’s journey in this year’s R-Day tableau

After a gap of three years, the Indian Railways will make a comeback to the Republic Day parade on Saturday with its tableau depicting Gandhi’s life journey.
Updated on Jan 22, 2019 09:13 am IST