Jurists of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 10 people and 83 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mahatma Gandhi, Franz Kafka and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Notable people

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

    from 1918 to 1932

    22 moments here

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…

  2. Franz Kafka

    from 1918 to 1924

    20 moments here

    German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

    from 1923 to 1939

    18 moments here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  4. Nelson Mandela

    from 1918 to 1939

    7 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  5. Harry S. Truman

    from 1918 to 1935

    6 moments here

    Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

  6. Gabriel García Márquez

    from 1927 to 1937

    5 moments here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

  7. Fidel Castro

    from 1926 to 1932

    2 moments here

    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

  8. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  9. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  10. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

Moments

  1. 1918 Addresses Ahmedabad mill workers Mahatma Gandhi
  2. 1918 Investigates Kheda conditions at Kathlal Mahatma Gandhi
  3. 1918 Meets Kheda collector at Nadiad Mahatma Gandhi
  4. 1918 Attends Delhi War Conference Mahatma Gandhi
  5. 1918 Born at Mvezo Nelson Mandela
  6. 1918 Meuse–Argonne observation post Harry S. Truman
  7. 1918 Recuperates in Schelesen Franz Kafka
  8. 1919 Death at Sagamore Hill Theodore Roosevelt
  9. 1919 Marriage to Bess Wallace Harry S. Truman
  10. 1919 Returns to Želízy and writes Letter to His Father Franz Kafka
  11. 1919 Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery Harry S. Truman
  12. 1920 Takes a cure in Merano Franz Kafka
  13. 1920 Spends several days with Milena in Vienna Franz Kafka
  14. 1920 Meets Milena at Gmünd Franz Kafka
  15. 1920 Begins treatment in the High Tatras Franz Kafka
  16. 1921 Holds first Odisha meeting at Kathajodi Mahatma Gandhi
  17. 1921 Writes from Matliary Franz Kafka
  18. 1921 Adopts loincloth in Madurai Mahatma Gandhi
  19. 1922 Begins The Castle at Špindlerův Mlýn Franz Kafka
  20. 1922 Stays with Ottla in Planá Franz Kafka
  21. 1923 County Court judge begins service Harry S. Truman
  22. 1923 Imprisonment in Nabha Jawaharlal Nehru
  23. 1923 Meets Dora Diamant at Müritz Franz Kafka
  24. 1923 Makes a final stay in Želízy Franz Kafka
  25. 1923 Moves to Berlin-Steglitz Franz Kafka
  26. 1923 Lives on Grunewaldstraße Franz Kafka
  27. 1924 Moves to Berlin-Zehlendorf Franz Kafka
  28. 1924 Returns to his parents in Prague Franz Kafka
  29. 1924 Enters the Wienerwald sanatorium Franz Kafka
  30. 1924 Makes his last outing Franz Kafka
  31. 1924 Moves to Hoffmann’s sanatorium Franz Kafka
  32. 1924 Transferred to Vienna’s laryngology clinic Franz Kafka
  33. 1924 Dies at Kierling Franz Kafka
  34. 1925 Attends school near Qunu Nelson Mandela
  35. 1925 Birth in Grantham Margaret Thatcher
  36. 1926 Birth at the Castro farm Fidel Castro
  37. 1927 Presiding judge of Jackson County Harry S. Truman
  38. 1927 Congress of Oppressed Nationalities Jawaharlal Nehru
  39. 1927 Birth in Aracataca Gabriel García Márquez
  40. 1927 Visit to the Soviet Union Jawaharlal Nehru
  41. 1927 Madras Congress session Jawaharlal Nehru
  42. 1928 Simon Commission boycott Jawaharlal Nehru
  43. 1929 Visit to Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
  44. 1929 Independence flag ceremony on the Ravi Jawaharlal Nehru
  45. 1929 All-India Trade Union Congress session Jawaharlal Nehru
  46. 1929 Congress presidency at Lahore Jawaharlal Nehru
  47. 1930 Leads independence observance in Lahore Mahatma Gandhi
  48. 1930 Raised at the Great Place Nelson Mandela
  49. 1930 Begins Salt March and halts at Aslali Mahatma Gandhi
  50. 1930 Arrest on the Allahabad–Raipur journey Jawaharlal Nehru

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