In Pictures: Remembering Life Journey Of Mahatma Gandhi On His 150th Birth Anniversary

The pair of gold-plated spectacles were believed to have been worn by Mahatma Gandhi and presented as a gift in the 1900s. It was expected to fetch between 10,000 pounds and 15,000 pounds but online bids kept increasing. (File Photo/ Getty)

Leaders of India's resistance in parley before jailing. A historic scene during a conference of the All India Conference Committee in Bombay, India. Mohandas K. Gandhi hears the whispered suggestion of Mahadev Desai his Secretary, while Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru sits serenely in the foreground. The meeting was held July 8th and resulted in a campaign of Civil disobedience against British rule. All the men in this picture were jailed as a result of the decisions of the Congress. (File Photo/ Getty)

9th June 1939: Indian thinker, statesman and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), centre, waiting for a car outside Bifla House, Bombay, on his return from Rajkoy. Amongst the group with him are Pandit Nehru (1869 - 1964) (left) and Vallabhai Patel (right). (File Photo/ Getty)

Indian thinker, statesman and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), as a law student. (File Photo/ Getty)

Indian lawyer, activist and statesman Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948) recuperating after being severely beaten on 10th February as he was making his way to a registration office, South Africa, 18th February 1908. His assailant, Mir Al'am, was a former client of Pathan origin, who considered Gandhi's voluntary registration under the South African government's Asiatic Registration Act as a betrayal. (File Photo/ Getty)

Indian statesman and activist Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948) receives a donation in a train compartment, 1940. Acharya Kripalani and Radhakrishna Bajaj are looking through the window. (File Photo/ Getty)

Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) at Boulogne station with Mrs Sarojini Naidu, on the way to England to attend the Round Table Conference as the representative of the Indian Nationals. (File Photo/ Getty)

Indian statesman Mahatma Gandhi fasts in protest against British rule after his release from prison in Poona, India. (File Photo/ Getty)

Mahatma Ghandi enjoys a laugh with his two granddaughters Ava and Manu at Birla House in New Delhi. (File Photo/ Getty)

On 9th June 1925, Indian Nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi spinning a wheel during a 'Charlea' demonstration in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. (File Photo/ Getty)