Rare Gandhi-Kallenbach letters go on display in Delhi

January 30, 2013 14:47

Seventy-five rare letters that throw light on the relationship between Mahatma Gandhi and architect Hermann Kallenbach during their stay in South Africa and the communication between their families went on public display today.

The letters, two newspapers and journal, which were bought by India for a whopping USD 1.28 million from a UK auction house, is now part of the Private Paper Collections at the National Archives of India.

The exhibition, titled 'Gandhi-Kallenbach Papers', was inaugurated by Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch and Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi on his 65th death anniversary today. It will be on till February 15.

Only 75 of the 1500 letters of the collection are put on display and they reflect upon the starting of first satyagrah movement in South Africa and give an insight into the relationship that was shared between the two families.

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