Shivapuri Baba protested against Mahatma Gandhi

Do you know any meeting between the great leader Gandhi and SB? Have they ever met?

Yes. It was during the QUIT INDIA movement period. Gandhi made the entire India put to flames all the foreign goods and adopt only the national products. He also banned such items like Marijuana, hemp et al. But SB used to smoke it then, perhaps once a day. He did not get it anywhere. It so happened also that he was staying near Gandhi. So he went to ask Gandhi for his usual smoke! Naturally it was refused. There was no way out for him. He used Gandhi's own method of resistance! He started his hunger strike, a fast unto death. This fast continued for many days. Observing that a Sadhu was going to die, many followers of Gandhi came and requested him to stop the fast. But SB did not agree. At last Gandhi himself came to persuade. SB asked:

"Do you know why the Marijuana, Dhatura & hemp etc. are called Shiva Buti? Lord Shiva, the great Meditator, himself took them during meditation. He even used to take the snake-poison sometimes! Why? Because they make your mind quiet and keep it in one track and make your meditation
successful. Therefore, Mr. Gandhi, you should have exempted the Sadhus from your prohibition order. Being a great leader and a lawyer as well, you should know that there is always an exception to any LAW, that the golden rule is that there is no golden rule."

Gandhi understood. And SB got his demand fulfilled!