Mahatma Gandhi On The Streets of Bombay, 1932 Print

Mahatma Gandhi On The Streets of Bombay, 1932 Print

A 1932 print shows the Mahatma Gandhi on the streets of Bombay (Mumbai). This page is from a French Newspaper, L’Illustration of 23 Jan 1932. See the picture of a massive crowd that lined up the street just to get a glimpse of Gandhi. The imposing “Victoria Terminus” station can be seen in the background.

Translated to English the headlines read “The triumphant return of Gandhi to India: the Mahatma cortege in the streets of Bombay five days before the arrest.” The French article in English reads “We know that barely five days after his return to India, Gandhi, who had resumed the head of the campaign of civil disobedience again and had taken his place in a flowered automobile (which we see under the white banner), had crossed the city in the midst of cheers. Since then, Mr. Gandhi has also been arrested and sentenced to a few weeks in prison.”

Read more about Gandhi arrested. See post Mahatma Gandhi & Sarojini Naidu – Press Photo 1939.

Did you know – Gandhi was arrested and put in jail in India and abroad 13 times in his lifetime.

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