Question: According to a compilation by Time magazine of “images that changed the world.” A picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground has been included among the 100 most influential images of all time, it was taken in which of the following year?
(a) 1936
(b) 1946
(c) 1921
(d) 1942
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- In a compilation by Time magazine of “images that changed the world.” A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time.
- The black and white photo of a bespectacled Gandhi taken by Margaret Bourke-White.
- The photo shows Gandhi sitting on a thin mattress on the floor, head bent down as he is reading the news while his spinning wheels sits in the foreground.
- The picture was taken for an article on India’s leaders but less than two years later it was featured prominently in a tribute published after his assassination.
- The Time collection includes 100 of the most iconic and history-altering images, dating from the 1820s to 2015 that have remained engrained in the human psyche from the time they were taken.
Reference:
http://100photos.time.com/photos/margaret-bourke-white-gandhi-spinning-wheel