Gandhi

American  

[gahn-dee, gan-] / ˈgɑn di, ˈgæn- /

noun

1. Indira 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).

2. Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma, 1869–1948, Hindu religious leader, nationalist, and social reformer.

3. Rajiv 1944–91, Indian political leader: prime minister 1984–89 (son of Indira).

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Gandhi British  

/ ˈɡændɪ /

noun

1. Indira ( Priyadarshini ) (ɪnˈdɪərə, ˈɪndərə), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. 1917–84, Indian stateswoman; prime minister of India (1966–77; 1980–84); assassinated

2. Mohandas Karamchand (ˌməʊhənˈdʌs ˌkʌrəmˈtʃʌnd), known as Mahatma Gandhi. 1869–1948, Indian political and spiritual leader and social reformer. He played a major part in India's struggle for home rule and was frequently imprisoned by the British for organizing acts of civil disobedience. He advocated passive resistance and hunger strikes as means of achieving reform, campaigned for the untouchables, and attempted to unite Muslims and Hindus. He was assassinated by a Hindu extremist

3. Rajiv (ræˈdʒiːv), son of Indira Gandhi. 1944–91, Indian statesman; prime minister of India (1984–89); assassinated

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Example Sentences

In April 1930, Gandhi concluded his pivotal salt march, breaking the British monopoly on salt production - a charged symbol of colonial misrule.

From BBC

Mahatma Gandhi, then a lawyer in Johannesburg, represented a Rand Club cook in a labor dispute a few years later.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, a court sentenced India’s best-known opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, to two years in prison for criminal defamation — the exact length of time needed to oust him from Parliament.

From New York Times

Ms. Gandhi’s move to rule by decree and throw opponents in prison, known as the Emergency, bred large resistance movements and eventually led to a huge election loss in 1977.

From New York Times

And I went away and listened to it, and it’s not a bio-opera about Gandhi; it’s about a concept.

From New York Times