Leonard Lee Rue III. The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment is called adaptation. It occurs when natural selection acts on a heritable trait, or characteristic, that allows an individual to better survive in its environment. Organisms with such a trait are more likely to thrive and reproduce in that environment and pass the beneficial trait on to their. adaptation...
By Frances Romero Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Mohandas Gandhi's storied history of resistance included many stints in jail, starting with a two-month imprisonment in 1907 in South Africa, where he was working to end discrimination against Indians living there. He was arrested for urging them to ignore a law requiring Indians to be registered and fingerprinted.
Nehru met Gandhi in 1916 at the annual convention of the Indian National Congress. For over twenty years, he worked with Gandhi to free India from British rule, political activity for which he was imprisoned nine times.By 1929, Nehru had been elected president of the Indian National Congress.In 1947, when India finally gained independence from England, Nehru became India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs.y 1929, Nehru had been elected president of the Indian National Congress. In 1947, when India finally gained independence from England, Nehru became India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs.