British Quote by Arthur L. Herman

Gandhiji knew the mind of the British well and that's why he was able to manipulate them.

— Rohini Hattangadi

I knew nothing about India before 'Gandhi.' It seemed quite sort of frightening the place where hippies used to go in the '60s.

— Geraldine James

I knew Gandhi only as a freedom fighter. It is only after reading his autobiography that I realized what a man he was.

— Rohini Hattangadi

“India had a very long independence movement. It started in 1886, [with] the first generation of Western-educated Indians. They were all liberals. They followed…

— Meghnad Desai

India came to be known in the West because of 'Gandhi.' Otherwise, they still thought that tigers roam around on the streets in India.

— Rohini Hattangadi

Gandhi was important for another reason as well: his country was suffering under the British Empire, and yet he was leading a very singular…

— Nicholson Baker

To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people,…

— B. R. Ambedkar

The plan to carve up British India was never approved of or accepted by Gandhi...who realised too late that his closest comrades and disciples…

— Stanley Wolpert

In many ways, Ahmed Patel was the mind of Sonia Gandhi. Nearly everything we know about her publicly was constructed or revealed with his…

— Barkha Dutt

In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live…

— Amit Bhatia

I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized…

— Punit Renjen

Mahatma Gandhi went from Africa to India, and once India won its freedom, it helped African countries to get their independence.

— Omar al-Bashir