$9,561
Description
Autograph letter signed, 1 1/2 pages (both sides – with postage stamp & postmark verso), 5.75 x 4 inch, (Rajkot), 9.12.1940, in Gujarati.
Gandhi mentions Kasturba Gandhi* and Abdul Ghaffar Khan**, among others. Written and signed in black ink. Attractively mounted (removable) for fine display with a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi in a half-length portrait (altogether 11.75 x 16.5 inch), with mild foxing, small creases, and perforation on the upper edge – in fine condition.
Letter Excerpt (Translated):
From: Sevagram, Wardha, Hokar Madhyaprant
Shri Champaben Mehta
Ram Niketan, Jagmath Plot, Rajkot, Kathiawad (English)
Chi Champa,
Whatever Magan Brother is doing (for you), your aunt cannot do. He is unhappy that Prabhashankar is taking the share.
"Baa" (Kasturba Gandhi) and Khan brother (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan) have also expressed their unhappiness for the same. What can be done? It was understood as Madusudan’s.
Bapu’s blessings
Footnotes:
* Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi (1869–1944) was an Indian political activist involved in the Indian independence movement. She was the wife of Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi).
** Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890–1988), also known as Bacha Khan or the Frontier Gandhi, was a Pashtun independence activist and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement. A close ally of Mahatma Gandhi, he was known for his commitment to nonviolence and Hindu-Muslim unity.
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