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GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. (1869-1948). Photograph signed and dated ("Mh Gandhi 10-9-31"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1931]. 179 x 130 mm. (7 x 5 1/8 in.); matted. A seated portrait of Gandhi, signed on the lower-right corner of the image.
"Called Mahatma, or 'great soul,' by his millions of followers, he was able to extract political concessions from the British rulers of India by threatening 'fasts unto death' and exhorting his followers to mass acts of civil disobedience. Indian independence came at last in 1946; two years later Gandhi was assassinated by a fanatical follower" --W.M.
"Called Mahatma, or 'great soul,' by his millions of followers, he was able to extract political concessions from the British rulers of India by threatening 'fasts unto death' and exhorting his followers to mass acts of civil disobedience. Indian independence came at last in 1946; two years later Gandhi was assassinated by a fanatical follower" --W.M.