circa 1935: A signed portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 – 1948), leader of the Indian National Congress. He campaigned for tolerance and social reform and an end to discrimination against the so-called untouchable caste. He was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in the violence that followed the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
