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A buoyant Sir Richard Attenborough yesterday . . . “I have become the supreme Gandhi bore.”

From the Archives, 1983: Gandhi director’s obsession pays off

“I have become the supreme Gandhi bore.” The Herald met Sir Richard Attenborough, who had spent 21 years bringing his vision of the life of the Indian revolutionary to the big screen.

  • Susan Molloy

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Former ALP president and Federal Minister Barry Jones peruses his collection at the State Library of Victoria.

State Library acquires Barry Jones’ massive autograph collection

Since he was a schoolboy, the statesman has approached the great and the good to contribute to his collection.

  • Stephen Brook
Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled the statue outside the Indian Community Centre in Rowville.

Morrison condemns attempted beheading of Gandhi statue in Melbourne

An act of vandalism on a statue in Melbourne of Mahatma Gandhi has shocked Indian community leaders and drawn condemnation from the Australian Prime Minister.

  • Tammy Mills and Rob Harris
Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested outside Buckingham Palace in 1914.

My five-year-old wanted to read about systemic misogyny. I just wanted her to go to sleep.

The book led to questions that made me gaze longingly at Peppa’s Holiday Post, which sat on the bedside table. I couldn’t believe anything would make me gaze longingly at Peppa’s Holiday Post.

  • Jacqueline Maley
A protective barrier around the statue of Winston Churchill on Parliament Square.

'Absurd and shameful': Winston Churchill statue sealed in steel ahead of protests

Boris Johnson has lashed out at threats to Britain's statues and warned Black Lives Matter protests have been "hijacked" by extremists.

  • Bevan Shields
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. India poured on the pageantry with a joyful, colorful welcome for President Donald Trump on Monday that kicked off a whirlwind 36-hour visit meant to reaffirm U.S.-India ties while providing enviable overseas imagery for a president in a re-election year. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

'Namaste Trump': India's nationalist leader holds huge rally for US President's visit

Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world's biggest cricket stadium on Monday, promising "an incredible trade deal" at his biggest rally abroad.

  • Steve Holland and Alasdair Pal
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Sonia Gandhi has been named interim president of the United Progressive Alliance after her son Rahul Gandhi (right) resigned.

Sonia Gandhi takes reins of India's beleaguered Congress after son Rahul quits

The party wanted Rahul Gandhi to continue as its president but after he refused, they asked his mother to take over instead.

  • Nigam Prusty
Mahatma Gandhi (left) at a meeting in Shivaji Park, Bombay on April 8, 1946

From the Archives: Assassin kills Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi

On this day in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated while walking to a morning prayer meeting. The Herald's correspondent reflects on the Indian activist and leader's life and creed of non-violence.

  • Staff correspondent
'Namaste': PM praises multiculturalism as Indian president honours Gandhi

'Namaste': PM praises multiculturalism as Indian president honours Gandhi

Scott Morrison compared Australia to a 'good garam masala', but some in the crowd were concerned about his planned cut to immigration.

  • Garry Maddox

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