![]() ![]() Already, there are signs of the later man. Mohandas Gandhi is received by senior government ministers wearing a tailcoat, he preaches moderation to a meeting of Indian revolutionaries he woos English journalists, and sends a letter to Leo Tolstoy enclosing a hagiography of himself. In London, Indians can become barristers or MPs, but in the colony of Natal they are not even permitted to cross the border into the Transvaal. ![]() ![]() He sees it as a betrayal of British values for Indians to be made to carry a certificate of registration, and he has recently been imprisoned for civil disobedience, paraded through Johannesburg in a convict's yellow jacket, pursued by Tamil supporters. Aged 40, the lawyer has spent most of his adult life outside India and is heading a "deputation" from South Africa, lobbying the colonial power. He is many things at once, a Gandhi we know less well. P icture the Mahatma-in-waiting at a smart London hotel in 1909. ![]()
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