Mohandas K. Gandhi (or Mahatma Gandhi) was a political activist and the international face of the struggle for Indian independence from the United Kingdom.
Biography[]
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In April 1919, young Indiana Jones, who had followed Gandhi's fight for an independent India, met Gandhi in the city of Bombay.[1]
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Jones attended one of Gandhi's lectures with Marya Smirnova in Calcutta in 1930.[2]
Years later, on January 30, 1948, Gandhi was assasinated by a Hindu extremist.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Indiana Jones and Gandhi were to meet in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Bombay, April 1919" but the series was cancelled before the story was produced.[4] An encounter between the two would later materialize in the French comic Indiana Jones et la Cité de la Foudre.[2]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Bombay, April 1919" (Cancelled)
- Indiana Jones et la Cité de la Foudre
Sources[]
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
The Lost Chronicles of Young Indiana Jones on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)- Seeking Truth - The Life of Leo Tolstoy (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
