{"product_id":"13024-gandhi-mohandas-karamchand-autograph-note","title":"Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand. (1869 - 1948) Autograph Note","description":"\u003cfont face=\"\" size=\"\" style=\"\" color=\"\"\u003eRare penciled note in the hand of the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon total nonviolence, which helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi (\"Great Soul\"), an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore, and in India he is also referred to as Bapu (\"Father\").\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cfont face=\"\" size=\"\" style=\"\" color=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eA pencilled note in the hand of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, reading in full: \"\u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eI had a letter from Humayan who expected to see me Saturday last but I left London very early on Saturday. I am looking forward to meeting him on Saturday next at Oxford.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e \" \u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eLined paper approx 20. 5 x 7 cm. Folds, closed tear down left hand side, not affecting the handwriting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"\" size=\"\" style=\"\" color=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eEstablishing provenance, this note is accompanied by a further pencil note signed '\u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ePaul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e' [[Sir] Paul Reilly] on News Chronicle notepaper, reading: \"\u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eLooking through some papers this evening I found this for your collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e [i.e. the collection of his father, Charles Reilly]. \u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIt is a note passed at a dinner by Gandhi to Sir Ismail Mirza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e [corrected to 'Mirza Ismail']. \u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eHumayun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e [referred to in Gandhi's note] \u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ewas son of Ismail and his\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e [i.e Gandhi's friend] \u003cfont color=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\" face=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003efriend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"\" size=\"\" style=\"\" color=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eSir Mirza Ismail was Diwan [Prime Minister] of Mysore, Jaipur and Hyderabad and Gandhi was a great admirer of his. The note probably dates from sometime between September and December 1931 when both Gandhi and Mirza Ismail were present at the Round Table Conference hosted by the British Government in London.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093504479391,"sku":"13024","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Gandhi_ANS_13024070.jpg?v=1722188463","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13024-gandhi-mohandas-karamchand-autograph-note","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}