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

Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, were among its customers.

From BBC

What undermines Mr. Dalrymple’s thesis most, however, is the fact that no Indian leader believed Burma was an integral part of India—especially not Mahatma Gandhi.

From The Wall Street Journal

Costa, whose family hails from Goa, proudly flashed his Indian identity card at a press conference where Modi celebrated him as "the Gandhi of Lisbon".

From Barron's

He was expelled from India at 24 hours' notice in 1975 after the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi, ordered a state of emergency.

From BBC

Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi in India and later Nelson Mandela in South Africa deployed disciplined nonviolence, chosen not because violence was unthinkable but because repression was predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal