Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired m Photograph signed "M K Gandhi". no place. 130 : 90 mm.
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A rare postcard sized photograph of Gandhi spinning cotton at home. Signed by Gandhi on the front side „M K Gandhi“ and inscribed as a gift through his secretary, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, "Through Rajkumari Anmrit Kaur 2-aug-1935." Traces of paper on verso as if previously glued into an album. [WITH] 7 other photographs and two prints of Gandhi, various sizes, c.1930, and a 78 rpm record issued by Columbia in London, c. 1931. titled Mahatma Gandhi His Spiritual Message part 1 and 2, the label with a reproduction signature to each side, in its original gray paper sleeve, issued as part of "Star Artistes of Southern Indian." The record is broke though. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, an important political and social activist, was educated in England; upon her return to India in 1919 she met Gandhi but couldn't join in his struggle until her father had died.
In 1929 she joined Gandhi as his secretary and worked for him for 17 years. Of noble birth, the Princess helped establish the AIWC in 1927 dedicated to women's empowerment in India, and in 1947 Nehru called her into the first government of India as Minister of Health. The record is issued in England in 1931 and one of the few recordings of Gandhi speaking in English, probably the earliest. It was recorded on October 17th in Kingsley Hall, London, as Gandhi was attending the Second Round Table Conference in London, to get a deal on India's Independence..
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Photograph signed „M.K. Gandhi“ in Devanagari script.
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Candid portrait of Mahatma Gandhi gazing downwards and taken by his grand-nephew, Kanu Gandhi (1917-1986). Kanu's family lived on Gandhi's ashram and Kanu was given his first camera in 1936. He was allowed to photograph Gandhi on condition that „Kanu was not to use flash, the ashram would not finance it, and Gandhi would never pose“ (GandhiServe Foundation).
Series of five typed letters signed and two autograph postcards signed ("MK Gandhi").
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To Harold K. Hales, MP, giving his views of imprisonment ("...I assure you that I have no desire to court imprisonment for the sake of it, but if imprisonment comes in my way, even whilst I am seeking peace, I accept it cheerfully..."), of government and terrorist violence ("...Even a confirmed peace-maker like me can have no chance whatsoever if I have to address only one party of violence. I regard both the Government and the terrorists as representing violence; that of the terrorists is unorganised, insane and wholly ineffective from my standpoint, and that of Government is organised, deliberate and blasting, though, also wholly ineffective..."), the nature of true peace ("...A living peace cannot be and will never be brought about at the point of the bayonet. The plan of the Government is, at any rate, seems to me to be after that of a physician who seeks to remove a deadly disease without probing and dealing with the causes...") and the Hindu-Muslim divide ("...I would be the first person to congratulate anybody who brings concord out of the present discord, and I would wish you all success in your effort. Undoubtedly the Hindu-Muslim tension is bad. I simply do not know how it can be removed. I am making all individual effort that I am capable of, but that is saying very little..."). - A fine series of letters by Mahatma Gandhi touching on some of his core beliefs. They were written, rather improbably, to Harold Keates Hales (known locally as 'HK'), who had been a school contemporary of Arnold Bennett's and claimed to be the model for 'the Card' of Bennett's eponymous comic novel. Gandhi's letters were written to him during his brief tenure as Conservative MP for Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, during which he devoted much energy to touring the Empire promoting manufacturing industries and trade. Those written in October 1933 are published in Gandhi's Complete Works; we have not traced publication of the others.
Three Autograph letters (one card) signed.
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To Mrs Perin Captain, informing her of his movements and telling her that "you should be represented at the Khadi exhibition" at Berhampur where he would speak in the coming days, 1 page, in English, Jaffna, 27 November 1927, and two letters to Jamanabehn Gandhi, one instructing her to write to him at Sabarmati Ashram rather than Yerwada jail, the second asking for family news and about events in Karachi, in Gujarati, 3 pages, 8vo and 16mo, 16 October 1930 and n.d., the card torn and professionally conserved, the letters with small holes. - Perin Ben Captain (1888-1958) had been a committed follower of Gandhi since 1919. In 1921 she helped to establish the Rashtriya Stree Sabha, which entwined the causes of Indian Independence and women's emancipation, and she also participated in Salt Satyagraha. Jamnabehn was a member of the extended Gandhi family
Typed letter signed.
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To Gerda Riess thanking her for sending him a cross ("...it is going to a girl who is in distress and who has asked me for a Cross..."). Framed and glazed, with a printed name stamp on the reverse and a pencil note explaining the origin of the stamp in German, signature slightly faded, not examined out of frame. - This kind letter of thanks was written to the 12 year-old daughter of the artist Ernst Riess. The family acted as a host to Manshankar (Manu) Trivedi, a member of Gandhi's inner circle who was studying medicine in Freiburg. Gerda had a cross inscribed "God is Love", and when Trivedi informed her that this was one of Gandhi's favourite sayings she asked that the cross be sent to the Mahatma in India.
Signed portrait photograph.
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A nice head and shoulders portrait of Gandhi in profile, signed on the image in black ink ("M.K. Gandhi"), press stamp on the reverse in purple ink ("Photo Supplied Central News") Minor abrasion with two small spots of loss to image. John Smith Clarke (1885-1959); thence by descent.
Autograph letter signed „Bapu“.
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To Jamnabehn encouraging her to continue her work popularising khadi, discussing his health „pain comes with speed of a horse and goes away at the speed of an ant“, reprimanding her for encouraging him to eat on a day of fast, and discussing Manubehn, in Gujarati, text on rectos only. - Jamnabehn was a member of the extended Gandhi clan who was drawn to Sabarmati Ashram in the early 1930s. She was adept at spinning khadi and worked closely with the grand-daughters of Dadabhai Naoroji. The reference in this letter to Mridula Gandhi (Manubehn), one of Gandhi's closest companions in his final years, suggests a 1940s date for this letter.
Autograph letter signed „M. K. Gandhi“.
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To the British politician and pacifist Frederick Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961) in London: „[…] How nice that your wedding day should coincide with my birthday? Thanks for your congratulations. May I reciprocate them? Is not wedding a new birth? Did I know your first through Lady Lawrence during those suffragette days? I was then a novice in the art of civil resistance and had friendly differences with the late Mrs Pankhurst (1858-1928) & her daughter but not with your wife and late Mrs. Leopard. […]“ - Nach dem Wahlsieg der Labour Party bei den Unterhauswahlen vom 5. Juli 1945 wurde Pethick-Lawrence von Premierminister Clement Attlee am 3. August 1945 zum Minister für Indien und Burma (Secretary of State for India and Burma) in dessen Kabinett berufen und bekleidete dieses Ministeramt bis zu seiner Ablösung durch William Hare, 5. Earl of Listowel am 17. April 1947. Während dieser Zeit führte er Gespräche unter anderem mit Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi über die Zukunft von Britisch-Indien.
Autograph letter signed „Bapu“.
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To Agatha Harrison (1885-1954), Quaker and pacifist, was a close friend of Gandhi. „I have your letter - I dare not give you a long letter. No time. I have never longed for rest as I am just now. The walking pilgrimage in Orissa has taken all the best out of me for railways motor & the ceaseless round of meetings & appointments. Love Bapu“. - „She had no office or title, and no flags were lowered for her, but all over India people honour her name“ (Krishna Menon, India’s firt postindependence High Commissioner to London). Gandhi met Harrison druing the second round-table conference in London in 1931. She acted as mediator during the hunger strike in 1939. She went to India a couple of times and committed herself in the „All India’s Women Conference“. The autograph at hand was a gift by the author of the Wilhelm Steinhausen monograph Oskar Beyer (1890-1964) to Marie Paquet Steinhausen for her 70th birthday on September 8, 1951. - Just 10 days earlier Gandhi escaped an attempt on his life.