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Gandhi fasting in support of Untouchables, 1932. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Gandhi fasting in support of Untouchables, 1932. Mohondas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), known as Mahatma (Great Soul), Indian Nationalist leader. Gandhi, as a pacifist, used fasting and civil disobedience to bring pressure on the British colonial government. Here he is fasting in protest against the British government's proposal to segregate India's Untouchables, even to the extent of allotting them different electorates. Not all the Indian castes agreed with his protest. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 28 September 1932).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1930s
20th century
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGNER
Cartoon
CASTE
Colonialism
concept
country
Defiance
Engraving
Fasting
GANDHI
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma) (1869-1948)
HERO
Heroism
Hindoostan
Independence
india
INDIAN
LEADER
Leonard
Leonard Raven-Hill
LOCATION
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Men
Mohandas
Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Monochrome
Nationalism
NATIONALIST
People
Politician
Politics
Print Collector1
Protest
Raven-Hill
Satire
Seated
THIRTIES
untouchable