(Mohandas Karamchand, 1869-1948, Mahatma, Indian Patriot, Nationalist & Religious Leader)]
Unsigned Press Photo
showing him in profile at Birla House just after he commenced his last fast, with typed annotation on the verso, Gandhi Assassinated... 30.1.48...The death is reported of Mahatma Gandhi the world famous Indian Leader... This picture shows Gandhi at Birla House, New Delhi, just after he commenced his last fast, in an effort to ease trouble conditions throughout the country, He firmly rejected pleas from Princes and Politicians - Hindus and Moslems to abandon the fast... He is reported to have been shot..., 10 x 8, Birla House, nodate but