Writers in Mumbai
The atlas holds 5 people and 12 moments here, from 1865 to 1942. The most recorded lives are Mahatma Gandhi, Rudyard Kipling and Mark Twain.
Notable people
Mahatma Gandhi
from 1888 to 1942
7 moments here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Rudyard Kipling
from 1865 to 1882
2 moments here
English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent his childhood in India and England, worked as a journalist…
Mark Twain
in 1896
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1878
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1942
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Moments
- 1865 Birth in Bombay Rudyard Kipling
- 1878 Guest of the Pandurang family Rabindranath Tagore
- 1882 Return to Bombay from Britain Rudyard Kipling
- 1888 Waits in Bombay for passage to England Mahatma Gandhi
- 1888 Sails from Bombay for London Mahatma Gandhi
- 1891 Attempts legal practice in Bombay Mahatma Gandhi
- 1896 Lectures in Bombay Mark Twain
- 1915 Returns to India at Apollo Bunder Mahatma Gandhi
- 1931 Sails from Bombay for Round Table Conference Mahatma Gandhi
- 1931 Returns to Bombay from Europe Mahatma Gandhi
- 1942 Quit India resolution meeting Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1942 Delivers Quit India speech Mahatma Gandhi