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This thread is on a little-known attempt by a British police officer to assassinate #MahatmaGandhi at #Pune in 1942 & some previous bids on #Gandhiji's life.
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On 30 January 1948, three bullets fired by #NathuramGodse claimed the life of #MahatmaGandhi as he was walking to his prayer meeting at the Birla House in #NewDelhi. However, even before that fateful day, there were multiple attempts to assassinate Gandhi.
In 1897, Gandhi was assaulted by a mob of Europeans in Natal. He was attacked by a group of Pathans in South Africa (February 1908). In 1914, some Muslims were upset that clauses in a bill that formalized the Gandhi-General Smuts agreement had denied polygamy, which amounted to
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Good anecdote😀
Sir M Vishveshvariah went to meet Gandhiji. He sat down on the chair offered to him. Gandhiji chuckled. Sir MV asked him why.
Gandhiji replied you are wearing a suit carrying a gold handled cane and have a gold watch in your pocket
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Good anecdote😀
Sir M Vishveshvariah went to meet Gandhiji. He sat down on the chair offered to him. Gandhiji chuckled. Sir MV asked him why.
Gandhiji replied you are wearing a suit carrying a gold handled cane and have a gold watch in your pocket
so you have to sit on a chair. I'm like the poor in this country who have only one cloth to wear and don't have a chair to sit on
Sir MV replied Mahatma I'm the son of a poor temple priest who could hardly make two ends meet.
Sir MV replied Mahatma I'm the son of a poor temple priest who could hardly make two ends meet.
I saw the Englishman ride in a carriage drawn by horses with a gold handled stick with all the people looking at him in awe.
I decided that I should do better than him so therefore I toiled hard studied and earned this position.
I decided that I should do better than him so therefore I toiled hard studied and earned this position.
