Albert Einstein & Mahatma Gandhi

Did Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi lived at the same time for 69 years, from 1879 to 1948.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Albert Einstein · Mahatma Gandhi · Born in 1879 · Born in 1869

Einstein wrote to Gandhi in 1931, and Gandhi replied; they hoped to meet but never did.

Einstein called Gandhi a role model for generations to come. Their lives overlapped for almost 69 years.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Theory of relativity, E=mc²

Mahatma Gandhi

Politics & Leadership

Nonviolent independence leader of India

18691955

Albert Einstein

Mahatma Gandhi

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Born in Ulm

Died in Princeton

Mahatma Gandhi

Politics & Leadership

Born in Porbandar

Died in Gandhi Smriti

World Events During Their Overlap

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa

1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage

1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens

1898 Spanish-American War

1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight

1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity

1912 Sinking of the Titanic

1914 World War I begins

1917 Russian Revolution

1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins

1919 Treaty of Versailles signed

1920 League of Nations established

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins

1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1936 Spanish Civil War begins

1939 World War II begins

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII

1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy

1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends

1945 United Nations founded

1947 India and Pakistan gain independence

1948 State of Israel established

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted

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Sources

Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
Mahatma Gandhi — Wikipedia
Mahatma Gandhi (Q1001) — Wikidata