Signed Photograph by Gandhi Mohandas (3 results)

160 x 205 mm. Gelatin silver print, stamped in purple on verso: ".Kindly Acknowledge to J. C. Patel A.R.P.S., C/o Bombay Photo Store., Calcutta". Framed and glazed. Richard Casey (1890-1976) was made Governor of Bengal by Winston Churchill in January 1944, in the immediate aftermath of the great famine, and against a background of increased nationalist agitation. He "was shocked by British racial snobbery, and he tried to break down walls between Government House in Calcutta and the local community" (Australian DNB), partly through the organisation of a series of face-to-face meetings held between himself and Gandhi in Kolkata (Calcutta) in December 1945, at one of which our photograph was taken. In later life Casey served as Governor-General of Australia from 1965 to 1969. - Provenance: Arthur Hughes, Indian Civil Service, Labour Commissioner and Registrar of Trade Unions, Bengal (mentioned in the King's Birthday Honours list for 1943), and later Senior Master at Doon School; by descent to the second last owner. Arthur Hughes and his brother Jack were present in Calcutta at the time of the meeting with Gandhi. Arthur was working for the Civil Service, as correctly stated, and managed to find a role for his younger brother as he left the Gurkhas, with whom he was serving in Bengal at the time. Jack was assigned as Richard Casey's assistant, which launched his career in the Civil Service and he was awarded an OBE in 1959.

130 : 90 mm. 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.

Rare signed photograph depicting Mohandas K. Gandhi in profile with his palms pressed together, inscribed in Gujarati ("[Truth at all costs]") and signed in English M.K. Gandhi on the image in blue ink. With an autographed letter signed from Amrit Kaur, the secretary to Gandhi and later Health Minister of India, to Sgt. John McAleer, written on Gandhi's behalf, enclosing the signed photograph and responding to his letter (".Humanity is the same the world over in whatever garb or colour she may be clothed."), 2 pages, Poona, 5 March 1946, with envelope; photograph of Gandhi and another in rickshaws being pulled by a ceremonial guard, stamped and inscribed "Bhullo chien Desia" on the reverse; and a newspaper cutting; altogether five items mounted and framed together. In very good condition with the inscription faded. Matted and framed, the entire piece measures 19.5 inches by 16.5 inches. A nice collection with noted provenance. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi led the 32-year struggle for Indian Independence against British rule employing the use nonviolent civil disobedience, inspiring movements of civil rights and freedom throughout the world. Gandhi lived a modest lifestyle and was held as a political prisoner for many years throughout the course of the movement. In 1948, only two years after the British reluctantly granted independence to the people of the Indian subcontinent, Gandhi was assassinated on his way to a prayer meeting in the Birla House garden. His death was mourned nationwide; over two million people joined the five-mile long funeral procession in his honor.