Mahatma Gandhi Charkha Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017 calendars of government's khadi enterprise in a move described by many in the opposition as "sacrilege".

A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of "images that changed the world."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017 calendars of government's khadi enterprise in a move described by many in the opposition as "sacrilege".

A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of "images that changed the world."