In history
Mahatma Gandhi
1869–1948
The independence movement's organising centre. Village-first economics, trusteeship instead of class war, religious pluralism held against Partition — and discipline enforced through his own fasts more than any office.
Furthest from the middle on Nation, toward Pluralist.
Where they stand
Mahatma Gandhi on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.
Welfare
−3.0Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
−3.0State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
−1.0Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
−8.0PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
−7.0Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
+2.0Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
+8.0CentreStates
The record, axis by axis
Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.
Trusteeship put relief on the rich as a moral duty rather than on the state as a fiscal one; antyodaya through village self-provision, not a welfare bureaucracy
'Hind Swaraj' rejects industrial civilisation and swadeshi boycotted foreign cloth — but trusteeship left ownership private and he opposed state planning too, so neither pole fits him
Accepted reserved seats at the Poona Pact while fasting against separate electorates, and pursued temple entry and moral reform rather than legal quota
Fasted in 1947-48 for Muslim safety and for the ₹55 crore transfer to Pakistan, and was killed by a Hindu nationalist for exactly that
Made deliberate disobedience of unjust law a duty, and wanted the state's role in ordinary life minimised
Article 47's prohibition clause is his; add brahmacharya as public ideal and opposition to contraception — offset by his final-years refusal to attend any marriage that was not inter-caste
Gram swaraj: village republics as the governing unit, the 'oceanic circle' against the pyramid, and a proposal to dissolve the Congress itself
And where do you stand?
Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.
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