Gandhi

[ gahn-dee, gan- ]

noun

1. In·di·ra [in-, deer, -, uh], 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
2. Mo·han·das Kar·am·chand [moh-h, uh, n-, dahs, kuhr-, uh, m-, chuhnd], Mahatma, 1869–1948, Hindu religious leader, nationalist, and social reformer.
3. Ra·jiv [rah-, jeev], 1944–91, Indian political leader: prime minister 1984–89 (son of Indira).

Gandhi

/ ˈɡændɪ /

noun

1. GandhiIndira (Priyadarshini)19171984FIndianPOLITICS: stateswomanPOLITICS: prime minister Indira ( Priyadarshini ) (ɪnˈdɪərə, ˈɪndərə), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. 1917–84, Indian stateswoman; prime minister of India (1966–77; 1980–84); assassinated
2. GandhiMohandas Karamchand18691948MIndianPOLITICS: political leaderRELIGION: spiritual leaderSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer 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. GandhiRajiv19441991MIndianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Rajiv (ræˈdʒiːv), son of Indira Gandhi. 1944–91, Indian statesman; prime minister of India (1984–89); assassinated

Example Sentences

She credits Gandhi and Nelson Mandela for teaching her about compassion.

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He visited the White House and advised Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi.

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The Nobel committee said he was continuing in the noble tradition of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Garner became the Gandhi of loosies, offering only the most passive resistance as the police moved to arrest him.

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There has never been a contrast as great between two contending Indian leaders as there was between Modi and Rahul Gandhi.

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Mr. Gandhi makes the same remark in his letter on the Buddha shell statue shown in pl.

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The idea was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “political” and not “educational.”

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It was, to quote the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “a concession to popular agitation.”

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Before reading his written statement Mahatma Gandhi spoke a few words as introductory remarks to the whole statement.

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But Mr. Gandhi, with all his visionary idealism, was letting loose dangerous forces which recked naught of Ahimsa.

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