Légende
Opening page of a letter from Gandhi to Sir Richard Tottenham, 1943. 'Detention Camp, 8.2.'43. Dear Sir Richard, I have very carefully studied your letter, I am sorry to say that there is nothing in the correspondence which has taken place between His Excellency and myself or your letter, to warrant a recalling of my intention to fast. I have mentioned in my letters to His Excellency the conditions which can induce prevention or suspension of the step. If the temporary release is offered for my convenience, I do not need it. I shall be (quite content to take my fast as a detenu or prisoner)'. In 1942, a British mission had offered India dominion status, but this was rejected by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress party. The 73-year old Gandhi was imprisoned, and started a 21 day penitential fast. Concerned about Gandhi's health, the British offered to release him temporarily, but, in this letter of 8 February 1943 to Sir Richard Tottenham, the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the Government of India, Gandhi refused the offer. Gandhi survived the fast, but in 1944 his health deteriorated further, and he was released from jail.
Date
1943
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A15_114
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NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,4Mo (3,1Mo) / 29,2cm x 43,2cm / 3449 x 5108 (300dpi)