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Letter from the Viceroy of India to the Governor of Bengal, 18th September 1932. Writing from The Retreat at Mashobra, Lord Willingdon complains to Sir John Anderson; 'that little devil Gandhi is as clever as a barrel load of monkeys.'My dear Anderson, I am writing to ask yr. opinion of one [Sarma?], late editor of the 'Bengali' and now I believe about to start a weekly political journal. He seems to me to be deserving of some honour such as a knighthood, but I don't want to do anything without asking you & anyhow I don't feel sure I cld. do anything for him this time. He seems to me to have stuck loyally to [Good?]: without much recognition & has been much abused by his Hindu friends in consequence. Will you give me yr. views on this [gent?]. That little devil Gandhi is as clever as a barrel load of monkeys. You have seen his [?] & [mat?] of the P.M. Well his latest is that he won't leave prison & that if we put him in a house outside with any restrictions, he will break all our orders at once. So we...'.

Date

1932

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM25A15_439

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Droits gérés

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53,8Mo (1,2Mo) / 32,1cm x 42,0cm / 3788 x 4961 (300dpi)

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England library job India politics country occupation British letter English political text location century Colonial empire Britain profession handwriting document thirties concept correspondence controversy B&W British Library attache lettering controversial Governor administrator black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century British Empire British Raj colonialism colonialist Governor of Bengal Hindoostan imperialism imperialist Raj viceroy Viceroy of India ink manuscript attaché The Raj Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi John Anderson Lord Willingdon Freeman Freeman-Thomas Sir John Anderson John Anderson Viscount Waverley Willingdon Lord British India Sir John Heritage Art colonial administrator imperialists colonialists Mohandas Freeman Freeman-Thomas 1st Marquess of Willingdon Freeman-Thomas Freeman Marquess of Willingdon Earl of Willingdon